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Complacency in markets because of continued monetary support: IMF

The rollout of Covid-19 vaccines has boosted expectations of a global recovery and helped prompt a surge in asset prices

Turnaround time

Early trends in corporate earnings hold out hope

Sensex tanks 938 points: Key factors behind the market crash

The volatility remained high ahead of the monthly F&O expiry on Thursday

Stocks and futures dip on US fiscal-relief package timing; dollar up

A gauge of Asia-Pacific equities at one point slid the most in about two months, with shares in South Korea and China underperforming

Is there a bubble in financial markets?

Markets are past the phase of multiple expansion driven by ultra-easy financial conditions

Markets fall for third day amid sell-off in RIL; Sensex falls 500 points

Over the last three sessions, the BSE Sensex has lost 1,444.53 points or 2.90 per cent and the NSE Nifty has shed 405.80 points or 2.8 per cent

Faster withdrawal of global stimulus can impact markets: Vetri Subramaniam

Without a doubt, fiscal and monetary support across geographies have contributed to this outcome, says Subramaniam

After the high, a big fall: Sensex's 11-week winning streak ends

Most global stocks dropped, with investors pruning their bullish bets as rising Covid-19 cases sparked concerns about corporate earnings and economic revival

Brazil, New Zealand, India best-performing markets under Trump rule

Sensex nearly 85 per cent each since Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017; Spanish and British markets fared worst in the last four years

India maintains global market capitalisation ranking at number 8: Report

China, which was at number 5 in 2010, is now at number 2 with an m-cap of $10.9 trillion

Will the bull keep running?

The global setting is perfect for equities, but investors should have one eye on factors that could rattle the markets

Stock market: When even hindsight isn't 2020

Forecasting is a hit or miss business even in normal times. And at a time when even hindsight is not 2020, predict at your own peril what will happen in 2021

Tumultuous 2020 rewards investors who stared down Covid-induced turmoil

The S&P 500 ended on an up beat, with a 1.4 per cent gain in the holiday-shortened week. This pushed its CY20 gain to 16 per cent, an ending that would have seemed far-fetched in March.

Brexit to benefit Indian firms only in the long run, say analysts

Auto, pharma, IT, chemicals among sectors with significant reliance on UK and European nations with Tata Motors, Motherson Sumi, Tata Steel, TCS, Wipro, Infosys and Tech M among key names

Asian shares set for mixed opening on resurgent coronavirus worries

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.60% in early trading, following three-straight days of losses. Japan's Nikkei 225 futures were down 0.13%

S&P 500 pares losses as US stimulus passage expected; Tesla falls 4.6%

The $900 billion package, expected to pass on Monday, includes unemployment aid and steers money to small businesses, airlines, transit systems and vaccine distribution.

Move over bonds. It is stocks' turn in spotlight of emerging markets

Bonds have been the most profitable asset class in emerging markets over the past decade, beating stocks in volatility-adjusted returns almost every year except 2017

If 2020 wasn't enough, here are StanChart's 8 big market risks in 2021

A pandemic wasn't on too many lists last year, but global markets have largely recovered from the shock, helped by emergency fiscal- and monetary action

Oil prices set for weekly gain amid coronavirus vaccine rollouts

Brent was up 30 cents or 0.6 per cent at $50.55 a barrel by 1:22 pm IST, after gaining nearly 3 per cent on Thursday

The current IPO craze is starting to look like tech bubble of late 1990s

The FTSE Renaissance Global IPO Index, which tracks the performance of offerings worldwide, is up 82 per cent this year, compared with a 12 per cent gain for MSCI's all-country equity index