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Puneet Wadhwa leads all stock & financial markets’ coverage at Business Standard. He has an experience of over two decades in managing India’s busiest print, digital and electronic newsrooms at the Outlook Group, NDTV and Hindustan Times.
Puneet Wadhwa leads all stock & financial markets’ coverage at Business Standard. He has an experience of over two decades in managing India’s busiest print, digital and electronic newsrooms at the Outlook Group, NDTV and Hindustan Times.
The run up in stock prices, analysts say, could be a short-term phenomenon and the up move could get sold into as employees grapple with salary cuts and job losses in the quarters ahead
It is not all gloom and doom. The rural economy has held up quite well and we should start appreciating it even more, says Sharma in an interview with Puneet Wadhwa
Wood suggests that moratorium could trigger a consumer lending non-performing loans (NPL) cycle
Investors need to focus on the diversified large, mid, or multi-cap segments as the valuation discount of mid/small-cap is adequate at this stage.
His stake in Tata Group-owned watch and jewellery maker - Titan Company - and tractor-maker Escorts remained unchanged.
A lockdown to contain the pandemic is now eased, but companies are still struggling to get back on their feet. Puneet Wadhwa explains what to expect from companies in terms of revenue
India's debt to GDP ratio has increased from Rs 58.8 trillion (67.4 per cent of GDP) in the financial year 2011-12 (FY12) to Rs 146.9 trillion (72.2 per cent)
Currently, Brent prices are hovering around the $42/barrel mark
Historically, public sector enterprises (PSEs) have been high dividend payers and helped the government bridge any tax collection shortfall.
The liquidity-driven rally also lifted shares of smallcap and midcap companies that are poised for their biggest quarterly gain in six years.
Post-pandemic, the PPE market could still be three times as big as pre-pandemic levels, Jefferies said
Despite the government's efforts to stem the economic fallout of the pandemic, the fall in income levels triggered a fall in consumption/spending
Companies have started talking about a revival, but that is inevitable after a hard lockdown, he says
Most analysts agree that the road ahead for the markets will depend on how the government and other policymakers - in India and other countries - adopt measures to combat this crisis.
The economy, for a large part of the quarter, was under lockdown, and hence the performance of companies would be muted.
As India moves to open up the country, investors look at sectors that have been resilient. Puneet Wadhwa charts sectors that are expected to do well in the next few months
Of the total 50 companies from the Nifty index, FPIs has reduced their holdings in 45 companies during the recently concluded quarter
Despite the sharp recovery seen since March lows, 68 per cent of the fund managers surveyed believe that equities are in a bear market rally.
In past one month, the Nifty PSU Bank index underperformed the market by falling 20 per cent, as compared to 3.7 per cent decline in the Nifty 50 index.
Analysts say the Rs 20-trn stimulus package by govt a lost opportunity