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Stay away from concentration risk

Knowledgeable investors may take concentrated bets, while others should remain diversified

Markets spooked as US poll heads for close finish

Sensex at near four-month low; FIIs pull out Rs 667 crore

'Quarterly earnings to dictate stock market trend this week'

Quarterly earnings from bluechips Reliance Industries and Wipro would largely influence market trend this week

Small investors continue to catch falling knives

Retail holding at all-time high, but firms where holdings shrank gave better returns

Mid-, small-cap stocks on a roll but experts see bubble ahead

S&P Midcap index and the Nifty Mid100 reached their respective record highs in intra-day deals on Monday

India market boom resounds louder in smaller states

Telangana, Mizoram, Manipur add most investors in the past one year

Lot depends on earnings, which we estimate to grow 13-14%: Surendra Goyal

Interview with head of India Equity Research, Citi India

Earnings, progress on GST Bill key for markets this week

On the macroeconomic data front, PMI data on manufacturing and services sector will also influence trading

S&P 500, Dow Jones ease back after hitting new highs

Investors took a breather after a three-day record-setting rally amid signs of a steadying global economy

Domestic plays to ride global uncertainties

The Indian stock market has seen sharp swings in both directions in the past two years. From a level of 22,200 in early May 2014, just before the Narendra Modi government was voted to power, the S&P BSE Sensex surged 35 per cent and made an intra-day peak of 30,024 on March 4, 2015. The Sensex fell to 22,500 on February 29 this year, only to rise 20 per cent to 27,167 currently. But, at these levels, with earnings yet to show clear signs of recovery and valuations above the market's long-term average, the risks for investors are elevated.After the run-up from their end-February lows, the Sensex is now trading at a price-to-earnings multiple of 21 times reported earnings. Notably, the BSE MidCap and BSE SmallCap indices are trading at premium valuations - trailing price-to-earnings multiple of 25.3 times and 42.7 times, respectively - which make it increasingly necessary for investors to be cautious.Higher global uncertainties such as decelerating growth in China or the UK's exit fr

M-cap of top seven cos decline by Rs 45,963 cr

Infosys and TCS take biggest hit, with former losing almost Rs 20,000 cr; RIL, ONGC and Sun Pharma buck trend

Policy prescriptions, monsoon to guide Indians equities

7.9 per cent growth officially announced for the last quarter of last fiscal and that monsoon will be normal this year despite a week's delay

Multiple triggers for rally to go on

India Inc's performance, good monsoon key for bullish outlook

Markets register biggest advance in over three weeks

Weak US jobs data boosted risk appetite by dimming chances of Fed rate raise

Stocks to be volatile ahead of Budget 2016, may slip up to 3% if decisions disappoint

A look into what's in store for the markets from Arun Jaitley's Budget 2016 speech