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Partial profit-booking in equities is a good option for investors

Investors should look at the weights of various asset classes in their portfolios and realign them, if required

Sensex ends above 50K for first time, soars 9% in three trading sessions

Investor wealth jumps by over Rs 12 trillion

Sebi bars TV anchor Hemant Ghai, wife and mother for 'fraud in trading'

The accused allegedly bought shares ahead of giving buy recommendations

Young, confident, digitally connected - meet America's new day traders

US-based stock trading app Robinhood says the average age of the 13 million users on its platform is 31

Cash flow relief: FPIs granted breather on dividend taxation in Budget

Last year's Union Budget had created uncertainty regarding the amount of tax that had to be withheld on dividend paid to non-residents

Best of BS Opinion: Staring at an abyss, Occupy Wall Street 2.0, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Sensex has recorded average 3% swing on Budget day, shows data

Stocks tend to see huge gyration on Budget day as investors decipher the impact of the various announcements made by the Finance Minister

Markets see worst weekly setback since May, Sensex off 7.8% from peak

FPIs sell Rs 5,931 crore on Friday, most since March

Start-ups and IPOs: Here are the lessons from the last three decades

Its the season of startups planning to go public, but how IPOs have fared at the stock markets in the last three decades?

Over 80% of BSE stocks slide after the historic high, shows data

The Sensex, too, has fallen by 6 per cent, ending Thursday's session at 46,874.36

India's small investors rush to join US firm GameStop's frenzied rally

This week, GameStop accounted for 19% of the trades on Vested Finance, an Indian investment firm that helps Indians buy or sell US stocks

RIL, SBI: These five stocks may lead the Sensex, Nifty rebound, charts show

Only a decisive close below 47,000 may accelerate selling pressure on the S&P BSE Sensex, charts show

Strategies for auto stocks as Centre proposes 'green tax' on old vehicles

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari's proposal to levy 'green tax' on old vehicles polluting the environment nudged investors to off-load auto stocks from their portfolio

Changing dynamics: Bears merely less bullish in today's stock market

"You hold your nose and you buy," David Kudla, chief investment strategist at Mainstay Capital Management, said in an interview on Bloomberg Television. "Stocks have been divorced from fundamentals."

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

Credit risk fund outflow reduces as yields rise on rally in rates

Offer significant spread over 'AAA' corporate bond funds over 3-yr period

Direct investors in foreign equities should make a cautious start

When investing directly, go with exchange traded funds and curated portfolios initially and graduate to individual stocks once you have found your footing

UBS sells IndusInd Bank shares worth over Rs 366 crore on the open market

UBS Principal Capital Asia Ltd on Friday sold nearly 4 million (40 lakh) shares of IndusInd Bank Ltd

1 million new investors entering the market on a monthly basis, shows data

Faster account opening, which allows investors to start trading without ever leaving their homes or visiting a physical branch of their local brokerage has played a role in the surge, according to exp