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Upbeat housing demand to lift realty stocks despite rate hikes: Analysts

While rising interest rates are expected to hamper affordability among buyers, analysts expect the underlying need for homeownership to remain strong, which would buoy housing sales going ahead

We prefer a bottom-up approach in this environment: Satish Ramanathan

SATISH RAMANATHAN, chief investment officer for Equity at JM Financial Asset Management shares his outlook for the markets and his sector preferences

Should you be wary of the SME IPO frenzy?

Despite weakness in the secondary markets, many IPOs of SMEs have delivered premium returns recently. Should investors exercise caution before jumping on the bandwagon? We decode in this report

Risk-reward not favourable in near to mid term: Nomura India's Mukherjee

He says that the market valuation premium over emerging market (EM) peers is around 70% versus the long-term average of nearly 40%

High food price-led inflation worrisome for markets, policymakers: Analysts

High inflation will keep the markets on edge as they were hoping that the global central banks, especially the US Fed and the RBI will go soft on rate hikes over the next few months

Infosys can hit Rs 1,700, charts hint; how brokerages decode the Q2 nos

The company also announced its fourth share buyback offer worth Rs 9,300 crore, at a price of Rs 1,850 per share.

September CPI inflation at 7.41 per cent: How analysts interpret the number

Analysts at UBS expect headline CPI inflation to average 6.7 per cent YoY in FY23 and see RBI's policy outlook to be data dependent contingent on the Fed action

Will worries about rate hikes dent realty stocks?

After withstanding the pandemic-wrought downtrend, the sun shines brightly upon the realty sector now. But will the rate-sensitive sector face a challenge due to rising interest rates? Let's find out

Analysts bet on TaMo's India biz as JLR Q2 sales disappoint; stock dips 5%

Following the development, global brokerage JP Morgan downgraded the stock from 'overweight' to 'neutral' with a September 2023 price target of Rs 455.

This is the year to pick & choose sectors and firms carefully: Devina Mehra

'India will be an outperformer this year and that has panned out in spite of the currency epreciation'

Cash is king! Investing strategies to ride out choppy markets

They turn cautious and prefer defensive bets

How will OPEC production cuts affect India?

The decision by OPEC+ to impose larger-than-expected output cuts in a bid to spur a recovery in crude prices could become a cause for concern for India. Let's delve into its possible impact on India

Risk-reward is still favourable for the long-term: ICICI Pru Life Insurance

Nifty's earnings are in high teens and this premium growth merits higher valuations, says Manish Kumar, CIO of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance.

Oil prices to top $100 per barrel mark on OPEC+ output cut: Analysts

The OPEC+ on Wednesday announced its decision to cut crude oil output by 2 million barrels per day, the new production cap levels will come into force from November 2022.

Will the spike in natural gas prices affect related stocks?

Govt's 40% spike in natural gas prices is likely to have a mixed impact across related-sectors. Find out the sectoral impact of rise in gas-price and if it's time for investors to redesign portfolio

ONGC, Oil India to gain most from gas price hike; IGL worst hit: Analysts

Analysts at Antique stock Broking said every $1/mmbtu rise in gas prices is expected to lift ONGC, and Oil India's standalone Ebitda by 4 per cent, and 7 per cent, respectively

Recent upmove in global equities mirrored a bear-mkt rally: Unmesh Kulkarni

'Domestic flows are showing signs of fatigue and may not enjoy the same momentum as in the recent past, especially in the backdrop of increasing global uncertainties'

US markets could head lower as earnings downgrades pick up pace: Chris Wood

Corporate earnings in the US, meanwhile, are likely to be under pressure amid recession fears. Analysts have already started cautioning investors as regards a drop in earnings

Infosys could announce a buyback along with its Q2FY23 results: Jefferies

However, they have not specified the quantum of the buyback the company could announce. Infosys is scheduled to announce its Q2-FY23 numbers on October 12

Indian bond, equity markets decoupled; see 30% downside in Nifty50: CLSA

The decoupling of Indian equity markets, this year, from the global markets has been remarkable. While the S&P 500 has lost over 20 per cent in CY22 so far, the Nifty50 index is marginally in the red