Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the branch of computer sciences that emphasizes the development of intelligence machines, thinking and working like humans.
Zomato is a concept stock and is still a loss-making company. Indian market typically is stringent about profitability and India does not have a great history of rewarding companies which make losses, explains Sharma.
I think a lot of mutual funds have really, very successfully introduced schemes, which basically allow the Indian investors to participate in opportunities outside of India, says Tyagi.
Top line is vanity, the bottom line is sanity, and cash flow is reality. And, that's why I keep telling people to focus on cash flow, not the newspapers headlines and not even profitability, says Mukherjea.
In terms of equity investment, more than price, time spent in the market is more important. You can enjoy the power of compounding if you focus on T (time period) more rather than R – Return on stocks.
For the last 12 months, we have been more externally biased as we looked at IT, pharma, ancillaries, and chemical, but for the next 3-12 months, it is time to start looking at sectors which are domestic recovery play,
We favor export-facing businesses, companies that have the cost advantage in their favor, and two we are a little averse to buy too many domestic consumer-facing businesses, says Andrade.
The market is celebrating vaccination, central bank actions, and probably everything, but, it is not factoring the impact of the second wave, says Somaiyaa.
If you were to follow patterns globally, hotels are doing very well, travel is doing well, restaurants are doing well. Consumer spending is doing well, says Kamath.
Investors who are looking to create wealth over the long term can look at investing in the small & midcap space for a time horizon of 3-5 years, says Patwardhan.
My working target for the midcap index is about 27000. So use it as an opportunity to top up. I think there isn't much downside there, says Shah.
One thing which retail investors should keep in mind is “never bet so much that you can’t make a come back,” says Chaudhry.
We have exposure across but from a thematic point of view anything to do with capital markets or capital market entities is something to watch out for, says Somaiyaa.
Largecaps have not seen so much of correction, but beaten down small & midcaps are looking attractive. As the economy will remain in a recovery mode in next year – we feel that small & midcaps will do far better,
It was an unfortunate day on Wednesday but we are evolving well. In the coming days, we will be able to create better systems to give a seamless experience to the investors and people who are participating in the activities at the exchange, says Thakkar.
Trading snags are not new but measures should be taken to plug the gap. Every snag is a learning experience for traders, exchange as well as regulators, says Dipan Mehta of Elixir Equities.
We are hedged to about 50% even now, and in terms of net exposure, it would also be 50%. If the markets go up, 1% we make about half a percent. But, we curtail the downside risk significantly by hedging, explains Nikhil Kamath of Zerodha.
Technology helps investors in making rational, unemotional, and almost ruthless decisions as far as what retail investors should be buying, says Agarrwal of Upside AI.
With returns of 15 percent in the year gone by, India as a country grabbed the fifth slot when compared to returns from Korea (up 31%), Taiwan (up 23%), the US (up 16%), and Japan (up 16%).
The 4 basic questions are – what to buy, when to buy, how much to buy, and when to sell. If investors are clear about these 4 answers while doing their investment – they would probably have a stress free investment.
Harsha Upadhyaya highlights a 3-point checklist on how to pick stocks in the year 2021.
Khemka is of the view that the desire for investing money outside India has certainly gone up in the last few years.
Indian market managed to climb above all wall of worries in 2020 and is looking much stronger as we head into the year 2021, but there are several themes which could well remain in limelight for the next 10 years.