Mutual funds post growth in assets for first time in one year
The Indian mutual fund industry recorded a four percent growth in quarterly average assets under management (AUM) for the first time in the past four quarters to Rs 6.92 lakh crore in the April-June...
View ArticleRBI Policy impact: No fireworks for markets this Diwali
The markets have nothing to cheer about going forward and will continue to languish until the beginning of 2013 where expectations of rate cuts will start getting priced in to equity and bond levels....
View ArticleNot comfortable with 5.7% growth, need more steps: Rajan
The government is not comfortable with the GDP growth target of 5.7 percent and will have to take more measures to revive growth, Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram Rajan said at a press conference today....
View ArticleRGESS or regress? Tax breaks won’t help equity flows
Investors do not mind paying taxes as tax is paid on gains, unfortunately retail investors are nervous on whether they will see gains at all on equities given the current state of economic affairs. The...
View ArticleUnion Budget 2013: To hell with public morality, bring on the ‘animal spirits’
Will the Finance Minister be able to present a budget that keeps its corporate allies at an arms length? The post Union Budget 2013: To hell with public morality, bring on the ‘animal spirits’ appeared...
View ArticleLarge US deals push global M&A volume higher
Cheap financing, strong equity markets and growing confidence in the economy has led more US companies to pursue large acquisitions in the first quarter, making up for flagging activity in Europe and...
View ArticleMarket rally: Why you should forget gold and buy equities instead
The bulls are saying fundamentals are improving while the bears are saying cheap liquidity will vanish. Bulls are buying while bears are waiting to buy gold that has crashed by 26 percent from highs...
View ArticleEquity market expects Fed to delay tightening; bond players don’t buy it
The worrying fact for the equity market is that bond markets are not giving any indication that it believes the tightening will be postponed The post Equity market expects Fed to delay tightening; bond...
View ArticleSensex new high: Old-time investor is a sad man today
Why the Indian retail investor is still not smiling The post Sensex new high: Old-time investor is a sad man today appeared first on Firstpost.
View ArticleBudget 2015: Fiscal consolidation is the most important reform that markets...
Focus on improving the tax-to-GDP ratio from current 10.6 percent levels, lowering the subsidy bill from over 2 percent of GDP and spending on creation of assets will help the government on its fiscal...
View ArticleSensex ends 204 pts higher on late recovery, remains unbeaten for 5th...
Even as markets ended in green on late recovery, breadth of the market was weak with 1,381 stocks declining against 1,348 advances on BSE. The post Sensex ends 204 pts higher on late recovery, remains...
View ArticleRupee nears 67.5 vs dollar; traders see further fall as oil, China downslide...
Rupee hovered in a range of 67.39 and 67.24 during morning deals before quoting at 67.44 per dollar in the noon trades. The post Rupee nears 67.5 vs dollar; traders see further fall as oil, China...
View ArticleForget Mauritius tax treaty, a delayed monsoon could spell trouble for stock...
Equity markets quickly bounced back in today's early trade with Sensex surging over 230 points thus indicating that investors have taken in their stride the Mauritius tax pact The post Forget Mauritius...
View ArticleOil prices retreat in tandem with world markets, stockpiles data eyed
Supply-side worries have also increased after a Nigerian militant group on Sunday urged other rebels to join peace negotiations with the government to put an end to attacks on the nation's oil...
View ArticleIndia set for 8% growth this fiscal on hopes of normal monsoon: Das
In 2015-16, the country's economy expanded at 7.6 percent The post India set for 8% growth this fiscal on hopes of normal monsoon: Das appeared first on Firstpost.
View ArticleMFs add Rs 43,000 cr in debt market in June, reaches Rs 76k-cr this fiscal
Fund managers invested a net amount of Rs 7,200 crore in equity markets during the period under review The post MFs add Rs 43,000 cr in debt market in June, reaches Rs 76k-cr this fiscal appeared first...
View ArticleSensex tanks 374 pts as investor focus shifts to US President debate
Investors are also anxiously waiting for the upcoming monetary policy review on October 4, the first to be held under new RBI Governor Urjit Patel The post Sensex tanks 374 pts as investor focus shifts...
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