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Monetary policy is losing its sting

In FY15, every incremental rupee of money supply generated just Rs 1.2 of incremental gross domestic product

Focus on pharma IPOs next week

Sources say Alkem Laboratories' Rs 1,350-crore IPO and Dr Lal PathLabs' Rs 633-crore IPO will open from December 7 to 9

Sensex makes a defensive play

Share of IT, pharma, and FMCG companies in Sensex to rise to 38% next month; manufacturing losing sheen

D-Street more financialised than Wall Street

Banks and finance firms accounted for 31% of BSE 500 companies' profits in 2014-15 versus their 20.6% profit share in S&P 500

Low demand eats into input cost benefits

Core operating margins in July-Sept quarter down 165 basis points, sequentially

India Inc's sales, profit move in opposite directions

Net sales growth decline 4.4% in September quarter, the second worst in eight years; net profit grows at the fastest pace in four quarters

Indian promoters' stake in companies at 8-year low

Promoters' holding in private sector BSE 500 companies declined to 43.4% in Sept

In trend reversal, rich nations' corporate earnings stand out

Developed countries see double-digit growth, emerging ones witness contraction

Sensex becomes more expensive

Thanks to the recent rally, now the index is more expensive than it was at 2014-end or when it hit a life-time high in January

IT exports slowdown clouds growth outlook

Lower IT exports will raise India's dependence on capital flows to fund imports

Global speed bumps on India's growth highway

Poor global demand might make it tough for India to crank its growth engine

Early birds keep their heads above water

Net profit up 3.9% in July-September quarter, net sales decline 9.5%

Tanishq hits a slow lane

Titan's flagship brand fights to maintain its premium positioning even as feisty traditional players beat it at its own game

Sensex firms may see weak Q2

Combined net sales and net profit estimated to drop 4.5% and 2.3%, respectively, on a Y-o-Y basis

IT sector enters the slow lane

For top IT services firms, revenue growth in FY15 was the slowest since the Lehman crisis

Metal stocks valuation at 25-year low

Market cap of top-4 metal producers at 11-yr low on China woes; price-earnings lowest since early 1990s

Temporary help for the most indebted

For over-leveraged companies such as GMR Infra, Adani Power, Tata Power, IRB Infra and Tata Steel, cash flow mismatch and poor profitability are bigger issues than cost of funds

Forward earnings forecast can mislead

For Nifty companies, actual earnings have fallen short of analyst estimates in every year since the Lehman crisis of 2008

India is the most diverse equity market globally

There are more companies listed and traded on the BSE than in eight other major emerging markets combined

Capex doesn't pay on Dalal Street