Puneet Wadhwa

India not yet a consensus buy amid oil, tech disruptions: Global brokerages

India is yet to emerge as a consensus buy for foreign investors, with relative growth prospects, elevated oil prices and uncertain IT earnings weighing on inflows.

Knowledge, courage, patience: Vijay Kedia's mantra for stock market success

You can borrow knowledge from others, develop courage, but patience is something that comes from within, said Vijay Kedia.

Money best way to buy your freedom; gain choices in life: Ankur Warikoo

"Having choices is what puts you truly in control. Once you have that, you realise you're truly rich," said Ankur Warikoo.

₹3 crore retirement corpus can be enough for many Indians: Neha Nagar

At Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2026's Smart Arena segment, content creator & financial educator Neha Nagar told Puneet Wadhwa that a corpus of ₹3 crore is enough for financial independence.

Recipe for spotting multibaggers: Research, patience & a dash of luck

Contrarian bets on capacity expansion, generational change in management, and corporate turnarounds can create opportunities for outsized returns, said experts.

Nifty logs third-longest technical correction; shallowest in its history

The NSE Nifty on Friday marked the 160th trading day below its long-term average, the longest time period since January 2012. The index has been quoting below its 200-DMA since February 27, 2026.

AI-led IPOs may add up to $100 billion to India's market-cap: Goldman Sachs

The investment bank estimates that 25-50 per cent of nearly 70 mid-to-late-stage private AI companies could go public in the next two to five years.

The great bull-market in India is over; prefer bonds, cash: Marc Faber

Foreign investors, Faber said, will reduce their exposure to markets around the world. "That is one reason I am reasonably positive about the US dollar," he added.

IDBI Bank stake sale price a surprise; no rub-off on PSU stocks: Analysts

At the bourses, IDBI Bank stock has been an underperformer and has slipped 13.4 per cent year-till-date (YTD) till October 14 as compared to the NSE 500 index that lost 7.8 per cent during this period

Record FPI outflows top ₹3 trillion in CY26, nearly double 2025 tally

The selling pressure, in fact, has intensified in recent months. After offloading equities worth ₹35,861 crore in September, FPIs sold another ₹47,417 crore through October 12.

Goldman ups Dec'26 oil forecast to $90/bbl; 2027 worst-case pegged at $125

WTI crude prices, which are unusually low versus Brent because of high US-Europe shipping costs, Goldman Sachs' analysts said, are likely to average $81 in December 2026 and $73 in 2027.

RBI hikes interest rates by 25 bps: What next for the markets?

The more important signal from here will be the RBI's forward guidance, analysts said, and whether this marks the beginning of a broader tightening cycle.

Large-caps regain favour as oil, bond yields fuel rate-hike worries

The US 10-year Treasury yield has climbed to 5.32 per cent from 4.15 per cent at the end of 2025, a rise of 117 basis points (bps) so far in 2026. Brent crude oil, meanwhile, is testing $100/bbl mark.

High oil prices biggest risk to corporate earnings: Anupam Tiwari, Groww MF

Tiwari says a sustained rise in crude oil prices could have implications for inflation, the fiscal position and corporate margins, and could consequently weigh on the broader earnings outlook.

India not exciting FIIs; headwinds not fully priced in: Nitin Bhasin of Ambit

Over the next 12 months, the Nifty is likely to remain within a fairly narrow range - perhaps it can be plus or minus 5 per cent from the current levels, Bhasin said.

Realty, pharma: Investors tap into domestic-economy focused sectors in H1

Going ahead, analysts suggest investors stick to domestic economy-focused sectors as the geopolitical situation still warrants caution.

Blockbuster IPOs, lacklustre returns: 7 of 11 trade below issue price

The key concern for the investors in mega issues, according to G Chokkalingam, founder and head of research at Equinomics Research, is how the issue is priced.

Sensex, Nifty set to post worst 9-month show in 15 years

Earlier, in the first nine months of the calendar year 2011, the BSE Sensex and Nifty had plunged 19.8 per cent and 18.9 per cent, respectively.

Nifty Midcap 150 index tanks 7% in September; 87% stocks show loss

The index has witnessed a sharper fall in September compared to the Nifty 50, which declined 6 per cent, and the Nifty Smallcap 250 that slipped 3.5 per cent.

'High US bond yield not a reason to be negative on Indian equities'

From a bottom-up perspective, there are more opportunities across the market given the challenging period that the market and economy have been through over the past two years, said Vetri Subramaniam.