Gross Domestic Product or GDP
Gross Domestic Product or GDP is the monetary value of all goods and services produced within a country in a specific period of time, typically a quarter/year. GDP is one of the primary indicators used to gauge the health of a country’s economy. A significant change in GDP, usually has a significant effect on the stock market. Real GDP refers to economic output adjusted for Inflation while Nominal GDP is not inflation adjusted. India’s GDP in...
SENSEX See-Saw
Greetings from PenguWIN: I presume you are aware of the volatility and battering of stocks in the Indian Equity markets. Experts attribute this carnage to a variety of reasons including Rupee depreciation, continuous increase of Crude oil price, build-up of Non-Performing Assets (NPAs), Global trade war, bank frauds, rise in bond yields, high valuation of Small and Mid-Cap stocks, Mutual Funds Recategorization and introduction of long-term capital gains tax. Investors who started investing in Equity...
Carnage in Mid & SmallCap Stocks pulls down MF Returns
Greetings from PenguWIN: Over the past few weeks, I received questions from half a dozen investors on the performance of the Equity funds and wanted to know whether their portfolio needs to be rejigged. My answer is “please hold” as it’s a phenomenon across different categories of funds, pronounced in Small and MidCap funds. The Sensex and Nifty are at all-time high with returns of 2.57% and 4.87% over the past 6 months while...