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The government’s fiscal policy since the pandemic began has prioritised growth and fiscal transparency over fiscal consolidation. The Budget...

While 2021 was all about growth and recovery, the focus of central bankers across the world has shifted towards inflation and monetary polic...

Indian equities are ending 2021 with over 20% gains outperforming other peers in emerging markets. Despite the brutal second wave of covid a...

The real estate sector made a smart recovery despite the pandemic in 2021 with segments like residential outperforming. After facing a serie...

Markets have entered into an extremely volatile phase. The Nifty ended its six-month winning streak in November, ending 4% lower, pulling ba...

As Indian markets have seen a robust increase in trading volume with equities hitting record high multiple times post-pandemic, brokerage fi...

Do you know modern technology and mathematical computations can make trading decision for profit by breaking down very complex data and elim...

Post pandemic, re-rating of real estate stocks has surprised markets as Nifty Realty index has outperformed the midcaps by more than 60% in...

Mint and HT Smartcast wish all our listeners a happy Diwali and a prosperous New Year. Markets have ended the year Samvat 2077 with best gai...

Global analysts are raising red flags on India’s equity performance. They are gradually becoming uncomfortable about steep valuations and he...

Investors are eagerly watching company results to see whether earnings growth justifies share-price gains during the sizzling stock-market r...

In what is being perceived as a tapering signal, the RBI suspended the bond purchase programme, G-Sec Acquisition Program (G-SAP), after Rs...

Riding widespread optimism, Indian markets have been scaling fresh record highs as the Sensex hit 60000. Indian markets have been rising in...

What if I tell you: Shell companies with no commercial operations are formed to raise capital through an IPO for acquiring an existing compa...

As stock markets beat the pandemic blues, investor wealth ballooned in a period when most businesses were struggling due to challenges posed...

Corporate earnings in first-quarter showed skewed growth in select sectors. Companies benefited from low base, posting better earnings in Q1...

Despite the stock markets hitting record highs this year, some investors have turned cautious on equities. In fact, BofA Securities have war...

Although 2021 showed a promising start, new variants are leading to renewed covid19 waves and lockdowns in many Asian countries. Still, equi...

While fresh slippage has spiked across banks, sluggish disbursements have further resulted in muted trends in loan growth, particularly in R...

1QFY22 has been one of the best quarterly performances by Indian IT services companies, with sequential revenue growth of 4.5% in dollar ter...

Indian companies raised over Rs 27000 crore through initial public offerings (IPOs) this year, the highest in at least a decade compared to...

Oil prices climbed to $77.16 a barrel last week, its highest in nearly three years, as a result of a deadlock over the United Arab Emirates’...

Indian companies are racing to adopt environmental, social, and governance norms on rising pressure from investors and regulators. Wave of E...

The pandemic crisis deteriorating in India especially in the last few months and delayed economic recovery due to localised lockdowns had ve...

The US Federal Reserve's hint at raising interest rates by 2023 is feared to derail Indian markets rally with foreign flow getting drained o...

Domestic mutual funds are increasing their holdings in banks despite fears of bad loans amid the turbulence caused by pandemic. However, Mar...

In the last monetary policy review, the Reserve Bank of India left key interest rates unchanged as widely expected. The monetary policy stan...

The economy contracted by 7.3% in FY21, its first contraction in four decades. India’s real GDP grew 1.6% in March quarter. Private consumpt...

Market valuation of all listed firms on the BSE touched $3 trillion for the first time, led by gains in smaller stocks. With small and midca...

Despite the challenges due to covid, biggest rich Indians have seen an increase in wealth. A stock markets boom, driven partly by quantitati...

Stricter restrictions imposed by states to check the spread of covid-19 has hurt mobility in the country, and various assessments indicate,...

With the grim covid situation India’s sensitivity to global liquidity is a risk for market condition. The pandemic and a slowdown of foreign...

Pandemic stress and subsequent regional lockdown have not yet curbed the markets’ optimism for FY22 earnings. However, localized restriction...

As more states are imposing stricter restrictions to control covid, mobility in the country is impacted. Even as ramp up in vaccination prog...

There is a growing concern about the rise of covid cases and the second wave engulfing the country. Markets have lost around 8-9% from recor...

From lows hit in March last year after lockdown, small and midcap stocks outpaced Sensex which has gained over 70% in the period. Earlier in...

The Insurance Amendment Bill 2021 is passed by parliament to increase FDI limit in the insurance sector to 74% from the current cap of 49%....

Market regulator Sebi has asked mutual fund houses to restrict the exposure to additional Tier I and II (AT1 and AT2) bonds. This directive...

Sustainable funds showed resilience during the covid pandemic market sell-off. Driven by growing investor interest in environmental, social,...

In the budget for FY22, the government has made around 34% higher allocation to infrastructure development. The government has expanded its...

After a blockbuster rally following the budget, markets is losing sheen. Most recently, there are fresh concerns over rising number of covid...

Corporate earnings grew at a robust pace in the December quarter even as the overall economy has not yet completely recovered from the bruta...

The Indian Budget for FY22 marks a clear change in the government stance from being fiscal conservative to growth focussed. Higher expenditu...

With the Indian economy set to contract in FY21 and fiscal deficit to rise due to covid induced pain what are the big announcements markets...

The fiscal trend during FY21 turned a corner in the October-December quarter with sequential improvement in revenues, particularly in GST an...

India Inc. is expected to stay on the earnings growth path supported by the festive season and a revival in economic activity from the slugg...

The year 2021 is expected to be a better one for markets with likely strong recovery in both economy and earnings compared to a covid-hit 20...

The year 2020 has been historically a tough year as the pandemic struck economies in an unprecedented way. The volatility and uncertainty sp...

Despite the serious impact of the covid-19 pandemic on the Indian and global economy, the year 2020 is ending on a positive note for stock m...

As overall markets gained massively from the March lows, mid and smallcap stocks saw a blockbuster rally in the last nine months after covid...