But avoid becoming excessively conservative as only equities have the ability to produce inflation-beating returns over long term
Benchmark stock indices seem poised to log their first monthly loss in eight months in November. Will the correction continue in December? Or will the indices bounce back? Find out what to expect
A World Health Organisation panel has named the new COVID strain 'Omicron' and classified it as a highly transmissible variant of concern, the same category that includes the Delta variant
Tega Industries, manufacturer of consumables for the mining industry, on Friday said it has fixed a price band of Rs 443-453 a share for its Rs 619-crore initial share-sale.
Paytm said its gross merchandise value climbed 131% on-year to 832 billion rupees in October in the critical period ahead of the Diwali holiday
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Shares of Reliance Industries Limited were in heavy demand on Thursday as it jumped over 6 per cent, helping market benchmarks close with huge gains.
Latent View Analytics was locked at the 20 per cent upper circuit for the second straight day. The stock has now zoomed 257 per cent from its issue price in just three trading sessions
Many companies have used the pandemic stimulus to clean up their balance sheets. "This is giving us the comfort to invest in quality non-AAA papers," said Amit Tripathi of Nippon India MF
We don't know whether Paytm will mark the top of the current bull market but it certainly does embody all the elements that mark excess, writes Debashis Basu
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Pricing, oversubscription level, and listing-day gains must all be right for you to make a quick buck
The firm's IPO had garnered nearly 7x subscription. Sapphire Foods is the largest YUM franchisee operator and runs KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell restaurant chain
Since October, overseas investors have yanked out close to $2.6 bn
The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are up 0.3% in early trading, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.2%
As many as 3,676 complaints, received through web-based centralised grievance redressal system, SCORES, have been disposed of against listed entities or market intermediaries in October
It is very good that the public authorities are interested in economic growth but the approach needs to change
A rallying stock market helped spur multiple technology unicorns to list in India this since January, with proceeds raised in new-share sales at over $12 billion, already a record for a full-year.
Volume growth, amid soft rural demand, is also a key monitorable
CLSA, Goldman Sachs latest to highlight concerns