'Every correction is a new story, and that is the beauty of the market. Now, we are correcting because earnings profile is slowed down, but it is not broken,' says the ace investor
Kotak Institutional Equities warns that small-cap and mid-cap stocks are likely to be hit the hardest in the ongoing market correction, as valuations remain detached from reality amid persistent risks and overvaluation.
Anticipating moderate market returns in 2025, Jefferies favours large-cap stocks over mid and smallcap names.
Amid economic uncertainty, a wave of investor caution is reshaping the market, with capital flowing into large-cap stocks while small caps face a potential reality check on valuations and risks.
Once the election season is over, both consumption and investment sectors will get a fresh impetus. Large caps are well poised to seize the opportunity
The shift towards more opportunistic and tactical positions is risky
Given the valuations are still high in the second-line stocks, the March quarter numbers will be watched more closely
RBI’s back-to-back actions against IIFL Finance and JM Financial have the market wondering on which NBFC could find itself next in the central bank’s cross-hairs
Foreign inflows are yet to pick up and once they do, largecaps stand to gain, the ICICI Prudential chief investment officer has said
A section of the market feels the midcap and smallcap shares have peaked for the time being, but that will be known only much later
IT sector has been on an ascendancy. IT sector If a 25-year trend is taken into account, it tends to move up, says Harish Krishnan.
In the past six months, Nifty50 has risen 12 percent, whereas Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap gained 12 and 11 percent. But in the past one month, Nifty50 and Nifty Midcap 100 are down 2 percent but Nifty Smallcap 100 fell 3.5 percent
Experts say small and midcap stocks outperform once they move out of deep phases of underperformance. The first off the block could be smallcaps, followed by midcaps.
Apollo Hospitals Enterprises, Avenue Supermart, Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, Mahindra and Mahindra, Ashok Leyland, Chambal Fertilizers, Federal Bank, Jubilant Ingrevia, VIP Industries and Westlife Development are among the top chart picks by Prabhudas Lilladher
Both the Nifty and the Sensex have fallen a percent in the past month. In contrast, the Nifty midcap 150 has surged over 3 percent and the Nifty smallcap 250 has jumped 6 percent during the same timeframe
The Nifty Mid-cap 100 was up 15.4 percent in Apr’20, as against the Nifty’s rise of 14.7 percent. In the last 12 months, mid-caps were down 23% as against Nifty’s decline of 16 percent.
Auto, auto ancillaries, NBFCs, private banks, and metals will witness recovery, says Umesh Mehta of Samco Securities.
Small-ticket consumer discretionary sector which have corrected can bounce back. Private banks have seen a sharp correction, and insurance companies should continue to see secular growth.
Markets have discounted tensions and benchmark indices hit all the highs, we expect the market to rally ahead of Budget 2020.
18 out of 50 companies in the Nifty50 may remain more vulnerable for a fall as valuation comfort is clearly missing.
While SIPs have given moderate returns in the last one year, the real opportunity lies in the largecap, and largecap and midcap space, with SIPs in select funds even surpassing the returns given by benchmark indices in the same period.
In the run-up to the elections, sectors such as consumption and infrastructure tend to be in the limelight. We are constructive on financials, healthcare and infrastructure sectors.