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India among top 3 least favoured Asian stock market amid multiple headwinds

Global fund managers overall expect less than 5 per cent return from Asia stocks (excluding Japan) in a year, according to BofA Securities

Bajaj Finance share rises 3% on robust Q3 business nos.; brokerages upbeat

Japan-based brokerage Nomura highlighted Bajaj Finance's consistent delivery of strong numbers, citing an AUM compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30 per cent over FY13 to Q3FY25

BofA strategists say buy China, Europe ahead of Trump's inauguration

The S&P 500 is now up 25% this year, while the Stoxx Europe 600 has only gained about 5%, its biggest underperformance to the US in nearly 30 years

India vs China: How leading brokerages are positioned across Asian equities

India stock market, China news: Indian equity markets, analysts said, are expensive relative to China, which offers a better risk-reward ratio and return potential in the short-to-medium term

Warren Buffett shrinks stake, sells more BofA shares worth $982 mn

Buffett has held silent about his reasoning while whittling the highly profitable bet - an investment that began when the stock was trading near $5 in 2011

10 things global fund managers are saying about equity markets; check here

A total of 220 panelists with $590 billion worth of assets under management (AUM)) participated in a survey conducted by BofA Securities between August 2 and August 8

Berkshire's cash hits $277 bn as Warren Buffett pulls back from stocks

Q2 operating profit rose 15 per cent to $11.6 bn, about $8,073 per Class A share, from $10.04 bn year earlier, with nearly half coming from underwriting, investments in Berkshire's insurance business

Income tax rate cut, sops for PSUs: Brokerage expectations from budget 2024

Expectations (as measured by pre-budget equity market performance), wrote analysts at Morgan Stanley in a note, are important in determining what the market does immediately after the budget

BofA's Q2 profit declines to $6.9 bn on shrinking interest income

A better-than-expected forecast for fourth-quarter net interest income (NII), however, sent shares up 1% in premarket trade

Geopolitics remains by far the biggest risk to markets, says Chris Wood

Back home, the midcap segment, Wood said, remains vulnerable to a correction. He believes there will also be a temptation for investors to tilt the portfolio more towards consumption plays

BoFA, CLSA, Motilal Oswal: Why are these brokerages bullish on Star Health?

In the quarter-ending March (Q4FY24) results, Star Health's net profit jumped 40 per cent to Rs 142.3 crore, as against Rs 101.8 crore in the same quarter a year ago

Sensex 75,000 milestone powered by confidence in India growth story

The financialisation of savings is evident as household savings are now being directed towards equities, instead of real estate and gold

Investor desire for buybacks, dividends highest in 9 years: BofA Securities

40 per cent of respondents surveyed by BofA (62 per cent in December 2023) now expect bond yields across the globe to head lower in the next 12 months

A battle of delivery speeds: Blinkit, Zepto ignite quick commerce firestorm

Zepto's daily and monthly active user growth annually is faster than rivals, but Blinkit has more customers than Zepto

Bofa Securities offloads shares of 6 cos, including Infosys, for Rs 377 cr

Bofa Securities on Wednesday offloaded shares of six companies, including HDFC Bank and Infosys, for Rs 377 crore through open market transactions. Bofa Securities through its affiliate Bofa Securities Europe SA sold the shares of these companies through six separate block deals on the BSE. As per the block deal data available with the BSE, Bofa Securities Europe SA offloaded 7.21 lakh shares of Jio Financial Services, disposed of 7.22 lakh shares of Infosys and sold 7.72 lakh shares of private sector lender HDFC Bank. Bofa Securities Europe SA also disposed of shares in TVS Motor Company, Dabur India, and Page Industries. The shares were sold in the price range of Rs 36,398-238.75 apiece. The combined deal size stood at Rs 377.29 crore. Meanwhile, Hong Kong-based Kadensa Capital through its affiliate Kadensa Master Fund acquired the shares of these six companies. On Wednesday, shares of HDFC Bank gained 1.98 per cent to settle at Rs 1,455.85 apiece on the BSE. The scrip of Info

Investors kick off 2024 with $123 billion record cash shift, says BofA

Energy stocks saw their seventh straight week of outflows, and the largest since July 2023 of $1.0 billion. U.S. small-cap stocks recorded a weekly inflow of $2.3 billion, their fifth weekly inflow in

India's relative position at its strongest in many years: Raj Balakrishnan

The deal pipeline across products is robust for 2024. Banks are actively working on several IPOs, with plans to file them in the next three months, says Balakrishnan

Investors pour $40 bn into stocks in two weeks as markets surge: BofA

Global stocks have surged since the end of October as data has shown U.S. inflation is cooling faster than expected

Japan, India most favoured markets in Asia Pacific region: BofA survey

Investors optimistic on lower rates, weaker dollar, finds BofA survey

Investors on track to pour $1.3 trn into cash funds in 2023, says BofA

BofA said its Bull & Bear indicator of investor sentiment was at 1.4, the lowest since November 2022