While Goldman Sachs was the first to go ahead and cut its S&P 500 target, others like Citi had recently downgraded its rating for US equities to a 'neutral'.
In partnership to finance Apple customers’ purchases through the Apple credit card, the two companies mishandled transaction disputes and misled iPhone purchasers about whether their purchases were in fact interest-free.
The New York-based bank struck the deal with lawyers representing about 2,800 women, who claimed the firm discriminated against them in pay and promotions, a person with knowledge of the accord said, asking not to be named discussing the confidential talks. About a third of the settlement is expected to be set aside for attorney fees.
As investors chase markets with digital new economy assets, India has consistently attracted annual foreign direct investments of $50 billion to $55 billion, even in the pandemic, Sengupta said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Haslinda Amin and Rishaad Salamat.
Goldman Sachs pleaded guilty in October over its role in the scandal, and agreed to pay nearly $3 billion to close US investigations.
Global brokerage house Goldman Sachs recently revised India’s FY21 GDP target to 10.3 percent contraction as against earlier forecast of 14.8 percent contraction. The brokerage also said it will be overweight on Indian equities, and cited the macro recovery and relatively higher sensitivity of Indian stocks to positive vaccine outcomes.
The promoters, led by Singh acquired an additional 3.33 per cent stake in MaxVIL from Goldman Sach on November 29 at Rs 50.5 per share, a statement said.
India, Turkey and Taiwan are Goldman Sachs' top picks in the emerging market space this year.
After breaking through the 18,000 mark last month India's benchmark Sensex index has cooled in recent weeks. Worries about the nation's increasingly dysfunctional government have dented bullish sentiment.
Vivek Mavani of Brics Securities expects the markets to remain ragebound for the nex few months. "One has to look at stocks specific as well as sector specific in terms of buying opportunity," he advised.