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India is much more attractive than any other emerging market: Ritu Arora

High-quality equity investments are the best asset class to allocate long-term growth capital, Arora said

Marc Faber's take on the approach to financial markets next year

Business Standard's Puneet Wadhwa talks to Marc Faber, editor and publisher of 'The Gloom, Boom & Doom Report' on how investors should approach the markets next year and his investment strategies

Macrotech Developers to invest Rs 3,000 crore as it eyes Bengaluru entry

Realty firm Macrotech Developers, which has projects in Mumbai and Pune regions, is looking to enter the Bengaluru market to tap huge property demand in the IT city and will invest Rs 3,000 crore equity capital for growth as it aims to increase its annual sales bookings by almost three times to Rs 20,000 crore by 2025-26, a top company official said. The Mumbai-based company, erstwhile Lodha Developers, is one of the leading real estate firms in the country and markets its properties under 'Lodha' brand. In an interview with PTI, Macrotech Developers Managing Director and CEO Abhishek Lodha said the company would deploy Rs 3,000 crore, out of the total Rs 4,000 crore recently being raised via sale of shares to institutional investors, for growth in the capital-light manner in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) and Pune. "Now with our balance sheet being rock solid that it is right now, the demand is just becoming enormous. That is why we have raised fresh capital within seven months o

Inflows in equity schemes dip 40% in October amid rally in markets

Number of SIP accounts at a record high of 46.4 million in October

Samvat 2077 the best for equity markets in 12 years. What to expect next?

As Samvat 2077 draws to a close, we take a look at how the markets fared this Samvat, which sectors sparkled on bourses, and what may be the road ahead for markets in Samvat 2078?

Tips to help you make a safe start if you're new to the equity markets

New investors should make a staggered entry into markets with minimum 5-year time period and diversified exposure

Equities eye third week of gains after tech boost, dollar declines

MSCI's broadest gauge of global shares was up 0.1%, 1.4% higher on the week and just 0.8% off its all-time high

Q&A: Retail investors now a significant force, says IIFL's Nirmal Jain

In this exclusive interview, Nirmal Jain, founder & chairman, IIFL group, talks about retail frenzy in the stock market and how the retail broking business is faring against this backdrop

Investors' wealth jump over Rs 6.09 trillion in four days

In four days, the benchmark has rallied 1,094.58 points.

Reform-oriented governance reason for market outperformance: Mukul Kochhar

In an interview, Kochhar says monetary policy normalisation is a definite risk but India is better placed, thanks to its strong macros

Equity markets can't sustain growth, stronger debt markets needed: Sanyal

A senior policymaker on Wednesday said India needs strong support from debt capital like bank loans for long-term economic growth.

Equity MFs attract Rs 8,666 cr in August; flexi-cap biggest contributor

Equity mutual funds attracted a little over Rs 8,666 crore in August, making it the sixth consecutive monthly net inflow, on staggering investment in flexi-cap category.

Adopt glide path to a diversified portfolio

In the case of many senior-level executives, their employer company's shares at times account for 40-90 per cent of the portfolio, making it extremely concentrated

Global stocks set for a correction as rally fizzles, say analysts

The spread of the Delta variant of the coronavirus and the U.S. Federal Reserve's pending plans to taper its asset purchases are likely to leave equity markets exposed to turbulence

Equity market has run its course, Nifty to hit 15,000 by Dec 2021: BofA

A Wall Street brokerage has warned of a 9% near-term correction for the equity market, saying the street has only limited runway to continue the rally that began in the second half of last year

Stocks tumble, dollar climbs as taper and virus fears spook markets

Stocks stumbled, global bond yields fell and the dollar hit a nine-month peak on Thursday as a double-whammy of Fed taper fears and Covid worries haunted equity markets

FPIs' investment value in domestic equity surges 7% to $592-bn in Jun qtr

The value of the foreign portfolio investors (FPI) holdings in the domestic equities reached USD 592 billion in three months ended June 2021, a surge of 7 per cent from the preceding quarter

With boom in equity markets, aggressive hybrid funds gain currency

Over the past year, the aggressive hybrid category has given average returns of 41%

Global trends to dictate equity markets in holiday-shortened week: Analysts

With corporate earnings season largely over, equity investors would focus on global trends for further direction in a holiday-shortened week ahead, analysts said

Equity MFs log record inflows in July buoyed by great show by NFOs

Investors pour Rs 22,583 cr in equity schemes even as markets hit new highs