'Whenever the FPI mood alters, we will see both retail and institutional investors become buyers,' says Chairman, Motilal Oswal Financial Services
High valuations, exuberance around many new-age businesses, and the excess money floating around in the markets are a source of short-term worry
Domestic equities will be mainly driven by global market trends, foreign institutional investors' movement and developments around new Covid variant Omicron this week, according to analysts.
The impending US Fed taper programme and strengthening of the dollar leading to possible liquidity pull out from EMs, says CEO
Macro-economic domestic inflation data points coupled with FIIs' flow direction and the rate decision of the US Fed will determine the key equity indices' moves during the upcoming week
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But avoid becoming excessively conservative as only equities have the ability to produce inflation-beating returns over long term
Higher valuations will not support a sustained rally
CLSA, Goldman Sachs latest to highlight concerns
The consumer sector P/E of 43.9x in October is at a premium of about 17.6 per cent to its 10-year average of 37.4x
Morgan Stanley's downgrade follows similar moves by Nomura and UBS
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Nomura said India's valuation appears "very stretched"
In an interview, Kochhar says monetary policy normalisation is a definite risk but India is better placed, thanks to its strong macros
Global oil benchmark Brent crude futures fell 0.49 per cent to USD 77.93 per barrel.
Earnings of India Inc, too, have seen good growth, albeit on a low base, in the past few quarters
Steady economic revival holds the key
In equities, they invested just Rs 2,082.94 crore while debt segment saw inflow of Rs 14,376.2 crore between August 2-31, depositories data showed.
Sailesh Raj Bhan says earnings in Q1 have been better than market expectations in sectors that have been supported by the recovery of global growth like IT services and metals
The initial share sale will conclude on August 12