Equity Market Dynamics
Friends, Apologies for the long silence (excluding the folks for whom it might have been a bliss) – Some investors even asked me if I had stopped writing Blogs. Income Tax Filing and GST Registration took a toll on my time – Need some excuse, right? I have realized that starting a new habit like walking, running, swimming, meditation is easy. But, sustaining it for a long period of time is extremely difficult. I...
Does Sensex and Nifty Really Matter?
Friends, Hope this New Year 2017 brings in Happiness and Prosperity to all of us. Investments in Mutual Funds have been increasing continuously due to money coming in from retail investors. The last quarter (Oct-Dec ’16) has seen significant participation, touching all-time highs (Domestic Institutional Investors includes MFs, LIC, Provident Fund). 2 key reasons why the Retail Investors participation have increased in Equity are: Increasing awareness level of investors that Equities have the potential to...
Indian Equity Markets Update
Dear Friends, As I am writing this blog the Sensex has moved up by more than 400 points and Nifty by 130. This is subsequent to the fall of Sensex closing below 24000 and Nifty by 7250. Why are the markets behaving in a bizarre way with high volatility? No one knows the precise answer as that is how Stock Markets around the world behave and you can attribute only a few factors to...