BUSINESS
The outlook for traders in 2026
If 2025 is a challenging one, then 2026 promises to be no different. Here’s a blueprint on how to come out on top in the New Year
BUSINESS
Trading Psychology 101 – What makes a successful day trader?
A day trader is a pure capitalist whose agenda is three fold – make the most amount of profit, in the shortest possible time and at the most reasonable levels of risk
BUSINESS
Should bullion form part of your investment portfolio in 2026?
A confluence of factors will ensure that bullion retains its lustre, even if the gains may not be as outsized in recent years
MARKETS
Will rate cuts revive market sentiments?
Bull markets occur in spite of three powerful countervailing forces – limited resources of bulls, selling pressure by profit takers and/or bears and gravitational forces. When there is expansion in the first criterion – ample supply of money at lower interest rates-- markets witness euphoria
BUSINESS
The Butterfly Effect is a key risk for investors
An increase in interest rates in this country can singe equity markets globally, including India’s as well
MARKETS
Why day trading is Not for everyone
The lure of easy riches attracts newbie traders to an activity that is dominated by highly skilled, deep-pocketed veterans who also hold a technological edge over retail traders
BUSINESS
Is Christmas coming early this year for markets?
Global equity markets are showing little signs of correcting in the run-up to the much-chronicled Santa Claus rally
BUSINESS
Will Trump's sanctions on Russian oil trigger inflation?
A surge in non-Russian oil sources could result in a spike in oil prices, is the fear. But a look at the physical and financial market points to enough reasons why that may not happen
BUSINESS
Trading in Vikram Samvat 2082 is set to turn extremely challenging
The activity of short term trading is evolving into a complex process that will favour fewer, more skilled and deep-pocketed traders. A survival guide
BUSINESS
Silver ETFs – The road ahead for investors
Silver ETFs are trading at a premium to futures when historically they have traded at a discount. What’s the market trying to say and what should investors do?
BUSINESS
The difficult art of successful trading in the new F&O regime
The new MWPL limits have meant traders have to contend with two adversaries—price and time. How should they alter their trading strategy to survive
BUSINESS
Why this Diwali will be a special one for traders
Traders have placed leveraged bets with margin-funding reaching a new high. Will a rally lift them or will they crowd the exits? Why Diwali spending can provide some part of the answer
BUSINESS
A health check for interest rate-sensitive stocks
The upcoming MPC meeting will play a key role in determining how stocks that are sensitive to interest rate movements perform
BUSINESS
Are Indian markets overestimating the effect of a US Fed rate cut?
It is too much to expect that a small cut in interest rates could spur sluggish global GDP growth when other necessary factors are not in place
BUSINESS
Sector Rotation: The games that Big Money plays
You may think the only reason why sector rotation occurs is because big money does not want retail traders to know how they form patterns of rotating their money. But there is a bigger motive at play
BUSINESS
Why traders are the curious case of stubborn Indian interest rates
Trading profits depend on a few key factors, one of them happens to be the cost of funds. While RBI’s rate cuts should have lowered it, reality is proving to be different
BUSINESS
Silver is warming up for a sprint
BUSINESS
Emotional Capital: An understated dimension of trading
The current market is one that calls for traders to give more priority to capital preservation than capital appreciation
BUSINESS
Why the stock market rally is on thin ice
It’s a dangerous moment for retail investors. They are stepping in as FIIs are exiting, even using borrowed money to back their conviction. History has proved unkind to such unbridled optimism
BUSINESS
Brace for lower trading profits as market winds have changed direction
When the market is in no mood to yield profits to traders, don’t tempt fate by pushing your luck by trading more aggressively
BUSINESS
Why the glitter in gold prices has more shine left
The underlying reasons to invest in gold remain unchanged
BUSINESS
Trouble in Pension Fund Paradise, will investor tranquil be disturbed?
A shift from defined benefit to defined contribution pension plans taking place in Europe could alter how one of the largest group of institutional investors behaves
BUSINESS
Why has the Jane Street issue unnerved traders?
Markets have seen a sharp fall in derivatives market turnover. What explains it, how should retail traders tweak their strategy?
BUSINESS
Oil prices are down. But don’t pop the champagne yet!
Falling oil prices could mean a moment of economic reckoning is nearing for Arab nations
