| Mid-caps: Tread with caution | 19-NOV-09 |
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| While small-and mid-cap funds have outperformed the Sensex, you should watch out for their volatile nature; invest only a part of your portfolio in them. |
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| Markets at a glance | 16-NOV-09 |
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| Assurances from governments that stimulus packages around the world would continue and China's strong industrial production numbers were welcomed by the markets. Indian government's thrust on disinvestment also lifted market sentiments as proceeds may be used to reduce fiscal deficit that is expected at 6.8 per cent of GDP for this fiscal. |
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| The mid-cap pie | 21-SEP-09 |
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| As prices of mid-cap stocks have also run up along with the broader market, investors need to be careful while picking the winners of tomorrow. |
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| Mid-Cap Funds: an opportunity to invest in uncertain market behaviour | 16-SEP-09 |
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| Big investors like mutual funds and Foreign Institutional Investors are increasingly investing in mid caps nowadays because midcaps companies have the potential to become future heavy weights entities and the stocks of these companies are affordable to invest. Thus, investors in midcaps stand to benefit from their investment in this segment. |
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| Markets at a glance | 07-SEP-09 |
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| After sustaining losses in the first four days of the week, Sensex bounced back strongly on Friday closing the week with a return of -1.46 per cent. Both the BSE Mid-cap (a fall of 0.52 per cent) and Small-cap index (rose 0.43 per cent) outperformed the Sensex. GDP growth at 6.1 per cent in the June quarter 2009, improving monsoons and a proposal to increase natural gas prices did not excite investors much due to volatile global equity markets and profit booking at higher levels. |
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| Small-, mid-cap indices outperform Sensex | 28-AUG-09 |
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| The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) small- and mid-cap indices have outperformed the benchmark equity index, Sensex, in the past one year. Both the indices are currently hovering around their 52-week highs and both have given over 25 per cent higher return than the Sensex. |
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| 'Mid-caps trading at attractive valuations' | 22-JUN-09 |
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| In the third and final series of interviews in Smart Portfolios, Kashyap Pujara, fund manager, Enam Direct, shares his current investment strategy, view on mid-caps, small-caps and his advice to investors with Rex Cano. |
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| Be selective | 08-JUN-09 |
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| As valuations of mid-cap stocks have risen, investors need to be more careful while picking stocks. |
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| Markets at a glance | 18-MAY-09 |
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| Amidst the uncertainty pertaining to the outcome of the parliamentary elections, the start of the week was a lacklustre one for the markets. |
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| Large-, mid-caps to outperform indices | 05-APR-09 |
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| The markets could be entering a bull phase only if the benchmark indices close above their long-term trend reversal levels, say technical analysts. The long-term trend reversal level for the Sensex is 10,700 and 3,250 for the Nifty. |
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| NSE to enter 100 towns | 27-MAR-09 |
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| According to sources at the exchange, the number of terminals is expected to cross 200,000 by the end of the year. The exchange has 184,000 terminals at present. NSE, the country’s largest exchange in terms of trading volumes, is pushing for more terminals at a time when new players are looking to enter the equities trading space. |
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