Nearly 20 stocks in Nifty Small-cap 100 are showing strong bullish signals as against 10 stocks of Nifty Mid-cap 100
Analysts at Barclays Capital wrote that the GameStop episode is "a wake-up call that is likely to permanently affect the business models of institutional investors
Market value of BSE-listed firms at record high
This week, GameStop accounted for 19% of the trades on Vested Finance, an Indian investment firm that helps Indians buy or sell US stocks
In the United States, the WallStreetBets forum on Reddit that is seen as having fuelled the rallies briefly closed its doors on Wednesday as membership jumped past 4 million
During the 74 sessions, the market capitalisation of the listed firms on BSE soared by Rs 38.55 trillion to Rs 199 trillion
Markets have rallied by 80 per cent since April after a heavy 40 per cent correction following the announcement of the Covid-19-related restrictions
It seems intuitively obvious that easy money would find its way into stocks, but evidence on the ground is too thin
Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day
The global setting is perfect for equities, but investors should have one eye on factors that could rattle the markets
In an interview with Ashley Coutinho, he says current valuations are not very expensive, especially when viewed in the context of low interest rates
Higher earnings growth, lower costs, and valuations favour smaller companies
Later, I did the same trek using the same route. The exposed section was still scary, but less so. I felt a sense of achievement on completing it
Indices reclaim a third of Monday's losses as those who missed out earlier see an opportunity
The MSCI all-country value index outperformed its growth peers by more than 5 percentage points last month - the most in almost two decades
Some investors are playing the momentum game in stocks
Sensex jumps 1.6%, extends Nov gains to 9.3%
Analysts expect the US dollar to weaken, oil prices to moderate, and interest rates to remain low under president-elect Joe Biden's administration, providing a tailwind for domestic equities
Wall Street's main indexes have tumbled in the past three weeks as investors dumped heavyweight technology-related stocks
The "risk-free" yield on 10-yr g-sec is a threshold for investors. If its softens, investors get into riskier assets like equities. If it hardens, they settle for attractive risk-free rate on offer