The month of March was progressing at a boring clip till the Silicon Valley Bank crisis hit us and we have seen deep sell of in markets as a result. While the US Government and other agencies have insured the depositors and also made statements that depositors will not lose any money in any bank […]
Read MoreThe month of March was progressing at a boring clip till the Silicon Valley Bank crisis hit us and we have seen deep sell of in markets as a result. While the US Government and other agencies have insured the depositors and also made statements that depositors will not lose any money in any bank […]
Read MoreThe beginning of 2023 for the Indian Markets has been contrasting to what the rest of the world has done. While this was the same case last year it did not concern many as we were outperforming and as such the “Decoupling” story was working well. From the start of 2023 the tables have turned […]
Read MoreThe year 2022 turned out to be as per expectations with the benchmark indices rising by low single digits in India. This was a huge outperformance over the world indices where many markets declined 10-20%. However, the performance was not secular with wide divergences in sectoral performances with many favorite sectors and stocks falling by […]
Read MoreM THE RUN CONTINUES Indian Stock Markets continued to defy gravity and moved to all time highs during the month of November. As the markets did not correct when global markets corrected during the first few months of the year as globally things stabilized Indian Markets have continued to move higher. Volatility also came down […]
Read MoreM AN AMAZING MONTH There is only one way to describe the resilience of the Indian Stock Markets. Its Extraordinary. While most other markets sold off in the earlier part of this year, actually till last month the Indian Markets held up very well. However as other markets saw a good rally in October we […]
Read MoreThere is only one way to describe the resilience of the Indian Stock Markets. Its Extraordinary. After the strong rally of last month we saw a follow up with the Nifty again climbing by another 3.5% and Midcaps outperforming with a rally of 6.2%. This was despite little respite on the macro concerns plaguing the […]
Read MoreThe month of June was the third consecutive down month for the markets. The Nifty declined by and the Midcap Indices underperformed with a decline of . The familiar concerns continued with inflation being the biggest bugbear combined with extremely rigid crude oil prices. The Russia Ukrain conflict doesn’t seem to be ending anytime soon […]
Read MoreThe last one month has been one of even greater volatility for the markets. While I was cautious on the markets due to factors like high inflation, spike in bond yields and persistently rising crude oil prices the Russia Ukraine crisis put a whole new dimension to the volatility angle. Historically geopolitical news flow has […]
Read MoreSince the beginning of the year markets have been very volatile all over the world driven primarily by high inflation, spike in bond yields, persistently rising crude oil prices as well as geopolitical news flow. Historically geopolitical news flow has had a short term impact on the markets with no sustainable long term impact. However […]
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