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Moneycontrol Pro Market Outlook | Nifty can touch a new high during the week
The Nifty closed positively for the second consecutive week and appears poised to reach new highs, as sentiment indicators are not signalling overbought conditions. Indian markets are likely to open higher as they factor in the gains from the US market following Powell's speech
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Paytm deal - Zomato’s ticket to entertainment
Focusing on the business opportunity and potential synergy is more productive than getting bogged down in valuation discussions, especially in new-age businesses
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Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | FPIs favour IPOs, private equity in high-valuation markets
In this edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: The changing landscape of trading, retail investors prefer growth over quality, demand boom hits realty sector, India should focus on sustainability, and more
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Moneycontrol Pro Market Outlook | Oversold indicators suggest further rally
Indian benchmark indices closed the week with a gain of 0.70 percent while the US markets extended their biggest weekly percentage gains of the year, fuelled by strong retail growth figures and optimism over a potential interest rate cut in September
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Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | MSCI who? Indian markets shrug off weight gain
On Moneycontrol's Pro Panorama on August 14 edition: SC verdict on mining casts shadow over corporate earnings, carbon capture in mission mode, Mamata's acceptance of CBI probe signals her waning authority, large cap funds receive less than 10% active fund in 6 years, and more
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GuruSpeak| Focusing on consistency and low risk helped Jignesh Mehta transition from a businessman to a trader
Mehta says he follows the Batman Strategy, which he has successfully traded for the past four years. This strategy has a defined risk and can still be profitable even if the market moves against the anticipated direction as long as the move is slow
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Moneycontrol Pro Market Outlook | Market in oversold zone, uptrend can resume
While the Nifty hasn’t seen a substantial decline, the positioning has shifted. The wild week that began with global turmoil ended on a quiet note. A positive signal for global markets came from Japan, the epicentre of the crisis
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Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | RIA framework reforms a positive move, but safeguards are essential
Moneycontrol's Pro Panorama August 7 edition: Cryptocurrencies fail safe haven test, Bangladesh chaos creates security issues with India, jobs’ policy pivot can sort consumption problems, can SBI get away with low deposit growth? and more
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Cryptocurrencies fail safe haven test, gold clears it
While cryptocurrencies have become popular as an asset class, its status as a safe haven has come into question after the recent market mayhem
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Moneycontrol Pro Market Outlook | Global turmoil can have a short-term impact on Indian markets
The overall market performance at the week's close in major global indices suggests that further selling may be on the horizon for the first half of the coming week
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Lessons SEBI should learn from global markets before introducing curbs
A study by Kotak Institutional Equities points out that similar curbs were introduced in the derivative markets in Korea and China, which adversely affected these markets
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Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | China's slowing economy overshadows Middle East tensions in oil markets
In Moneycontrol Pro Panorama's July 31st edition: RBI must send a more nuanced message to banks, growing remittances bring out India’s demographic dividend, state tax on mineral rights pose industry risk, reality of military aid in international relations, and more
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SEBI curbs combined with tax increases will take the wind out of the derivative market
Reducing the number of weekly expiry indices is likely to reduce trading volume significantly. With only two expiries instead of the current five, exchange volumes will drop considerably.
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Why the diamond industry is losing its shine
Lab-grown diamonds, because of their cost and ease of availability, have captured market share but brought diamond prices down
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Moneycontrol Pro Market Outlook | Brace for volatility: markets poised for a turbulent week ahead
A late-week recovery helped Indian indices close in positive territory. Broader indices outperformed the main indices as strong earnings helped revive sentiment. The rally in Indian markets was accompanied by a move up in European and US markets
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SEBI's intraday trading report exposes market disparities
The problem with SEBI's recent study lies in the numbers themselves. According to the report, 51.1 percent of traders have an annual volume of less than Rs 50,000. Around 57 percent of traders have taken fewer than 10 trades in a year, and about half of the sample size has a trade size of less than Rs 5,000.
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Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | No country for Indian traders
On Moneycontrol Pro Panorama's July 24 edition: Budget's big promise on fiscal prudence and jobs, auto sector misses out in this budget, Digital initiative, financial inclusion and MSME took centre stage, startups breathe easy as angel tax is scrapped, and more
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Tax tweaks in Budget 2024 sabotage market sentiment
Budget 2024-25: Tax changes have punctured played the spoilsport and may succeed in keeping retail investors out of derivative markets
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How traders are positioned ahead of the Budget trading
Budget 2024-25: Explosive movements typically mark budget days, with the market making swift and decisive shifts in one direction or the other
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Moneycontrol Pro Market Outlook | Markets approach the budget week with caution
Nifty closed up for the seventh consecutive week, at the end of the week we saw some selling in the broad market. A correction ahead of the budget does open us up to negative surprises
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SEBI fills the vacuum by creating a much-needed asset class
SEBI-approved strategies can be launched under the new asset class, such as Long-Short Equity Funds and Inverse ETFs/Funds for inverse index returns
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Moneycontrol Pro Market Outlook | Markets to tread cautiously as more corporates announce numbers
The Nifty index inched up this week, the bullish trend is likely to continue as long as it stays above this support zone. There is scope for breadth expansion as the Nifty index continues its uptrend
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Moneycontrol Pro Panorama | Restricting investments — A prudent move
In this Moneycontrol Pro Panorama edition: Housing sector needs reformative action from Budget 2024, derivative market under scrutiny, new trade opportunity window for India, markets should note the gap between budgets, and more
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Derivatives under scrutiny: Will the new curbs tame the market?
While the Working Committee recommendations will lower volumes in the derivatives market, the regulator’s main objective must be to lower systemic risk, rather than curb speculation
