Risk Appetite

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Not bearish on China, see Q4 growth at 6.8-7%: Research Co

Shaun Rein, managing director, China Market Research Group says while the Chinese economy is certainly weak, it is not as weak as most people are making it out to be. In fact he advised investors with a risk appetite to get into commodity stocks

Enough risk appetite for mid, small cap stocks: Amit Rathi

Rathi says while frontline indices like Nifty and Sensex are up 30 percent from their 2008 peaks, the mid-cap index is still flat and the small cap index is 25 percent below its previous peak

Here's how to select best MF to buy

As you have short term goals, you need to invest part of your money in debt funds to get a reasonable return to take care of your short term needs, says Ramalingam K.

Rupee still undervalued;see Rajan as inflation hawk: Kamath

In the context of the rupee, if we started on the premise that the rupee is undervalued, we need to work out what we can do to get it to its right value, says KV Kamath.

7 factors to be considered for asset allocation

Personalfn.com lists out seven factors which are to be considered for asset allocation. It discusses to consider things such as age, income, expenses, nearness to goal, risk appetite, liabilities and so on.

Japan mkt looks promising; risk appetite back: UniCredit

Marco Valli of UniCredit says that Japan markets are showing positive signs and risk appetite is back in the global markets.

Guess who was buying amid the June sell-off

A recent survey by the investment research arm of the Wall Street firm State Street Corporation has shown that the foreign institutional investors had a healthy appetite in global equity and bond markets in June.

Budget 2013: Mkt consolidation on; no Budget surprises, says Baer Cap

Alok Sama, president and founder, Baer Cap Partners explains on CNBC-TV18 that the market is in a phase of consolidation with increased global liquidity and risk-appetite driving the current rally.He expects no surprises from the Budget.

Mark Mobius sees bumper 2013 for riskier assets

Veteran emerging markets investor Mark Mobius sees a bumper year ahead for riskier, high-yielding assets as hundreds of billions of dollars flows off bank balance sheets and back into markets

Citi cuts India to 'underweight', fears disappointment

Citigroup downgrades India to "underweight" from "neutral", as part of its emerging markets review, saying a rebound in economic growth, corporate risk appetite and the investment cycle may not be as strong as current expectations.

France rating cut rekindles eurozone fears

A powerful rally that saw global equity markets experience their best day for weeks coupled with gains for other risk assets, shuddered to a halt on Tuesday as concerns about the eurozone resurfaced.

Vital to consider risk appetite while investing

Very often many investors tend hawk on investment products, which offer a higher rate of return and often get lured by the sales pitches given by investment agents / brokers / relationship managers.

Caution-mode Tulsian picks infra, auto & realty

Market analyst SP Tulsian of sptulsian.com explains to CNBC-TV18 that he is cautious regarding any upswing in stocks across all sectors.

Clarity on EU rescue key to crude, gold prices: Barclays

Amrita Sen, commodities research, Barclays Capital explains to CNBC-TV18 crude and gold will hold steady till there is clarity on the measures that will be implemented to salvage the debt-crisis in Europe

Rally due to positive data; book profits post bounce: HSBC

Arjuna Mahendran, managing director and head of investment strategy for Asia at HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) tells CNBC-TV18 that investors should look at booking profits on a 10% rally in equities.

Morgan Stanley sees FY12 fiscal deficit at 9% of GDP

Chetan Ahya of Morgan Stanley expects fiscal deficit for FY12 to come in at 6%. Speaking to CNBC-TV18, he says, "Including off-budget expenses, the figure could be nearly 9% of GDP."

Chilly global headwinds curb risk appetite: Citi Pvt Bank

It’s chilly as far as global headwinds are concerned, says the chief investment strategist at Citi Private Bank, John Woods.

Trading very risky now, keep tight stop losses: Atul Suri

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Suri pointed out that the Nifty may slip to 4200 levels. He sees support of Nifty at 4050-4100 and subsequently at around 4650. However, Suri feels that 5200 is a key level to watch out for.

Emerging mkts set to outperform if risk aversion ends: HSBC

It’s been an extremely volatile week for global markets. Philip Poole, global head of emerging markets at HSBC Global Asset Management, tells CNBC-TV18's Mitali Mukherjee what is making investors nervous about the global environment right now.

Risk appetite will be better in H2FY12: Dalton Capital

Speaking to CNBC-TV18, UR Bhat of Dalton Capital says that he does not see any significant downside to Indian market from current levels. “If the sovereign issues are solved, the second half of this fiscal could even see better risk appetite from investors,” he says.

A storm gathers over equities markets

A storm gathers over equities markets. Investors getting overconfident, say experts