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How the Maharashtra elections could influence the Indian stock market?

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The summary clearly analyzes how the Maharashtra elections could influence the Indian stock market. It touches on crucial points: Policy Continuity vs. Uncertainty : Markets favor predictability. A BJP-led victory will likely ensure ongoing policies focused on infrastructure, which investors see positively. Conversely, shifting to Congress-led governance might introduce temporary uncertainty as markets evaluate potential policy changes. Sectoral Shifts : Maharashtra's economic importance means election outcomes could directly impact key sectors. For instance, infrastructure and real estate might react based on government priorities and policy directions. FPI Activity and Market Trends : The pullback by FPIs in recent months highlights global factors, but local political clarity—especially favoring business-friendly governance—could help stabilize market sentiment. Broader global market trends remain critical in shaping overall movements. ALSO READ,  Benefits of Tax plan...

19th May's MORNING NEWSLETTER .

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Good Morning! Great news and cheap stock valuations never co-exist. Even recent history from 2001, 2003 and 2008-2009 suggests every time markets fall hard, they do bounce back. It may take a while for them to find their feet and find some sort of a bottom. And there is no hard and fast rule about how that happens. Markets get cheap when people do not have the confidence about what the future holds, and that is exactly the situation now. Dalal Street veteran Vetri Subramaniam says this is the time for investors to focus on valuations to figure out whether one should be positively disposed or negative disposed towards the asset class. MARKET CUES: Where do we stand >>> Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange-traded some 162 points higher at 7 am (IST) in signs that Dalal Street is poised for a major rebound after Monday mayhem. On Monday, Nifty broke below its crucial support at 8,900 by a wide margin, opening the doors for further selloff that can take the ind...

18th May's MORNING NEWSLETTER .

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Good Morning! The CEA has put out a solid explanation of Modi’s version of ‘New Deal’. The effect of Covid pandemic is a war-like situation, but it is different from a war, he says. It is causing supply-side disruptions, which are not permanent; just hands are off the machines. Temporary liquidity can tide over those difficulties. On the demand side, the impact can manifest if people start losing jobs. So, the demand-side measures are to lessen the impact on jobs. It is this focused resource allocation which helped the FM limit the stimulus impact on fiscal deficit at less than 2% of GDP. MARKET CUES: Where do we stand  >>> Nifty futures traded some 50 points down on the Singapore Exchange at 7 am (IST) in signs that Dalal Street was heading for some more selloff. At the end of Friday's trade, maximum Call open interest stood at Nifty strike prices 10,000 and 9,500 levels, and maximum Put OI at 9,000 and 8,500. Options data indicated an immediate tr...

15th May's MORNING NEWSLETTER .

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Good Morning! Liquidity is nothing but a short-term supply mismatch adjustment. It is not new money coming into the hands of the consumers. Liquidity is not something that is going to alter GDP growth of the nation. What the Modi government is currently doling out is a combination of liquidity and some real money, but it's more of the first. When the April rally was building up to this big package, expectations were more for the second and sector-specific doles to the badly battered parts of the economy. The current package offers no clarity which segments will benefit from it, which is why the market has lost direction. MARKET CUES: Where do we stand  >>> Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange traded some 16 points down at 7 am (IST) in signs that Dalal Street is indecisive amid lack of directional cues On Thursday, Nifty50 formed a bearish candle on the daily chart. Such a chart following Wednesday's 'Bearish Belt Hold' pattern suggests t...

12th May's MORNING NEWSLETTER .

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Good Morning! China’s April auto sales grew 4.4% from a year earlier to 2.07 million units, overcoming an early-year collapse due to the coronavirus shutdown and ending a 21-month streak of declines in the world’s largest auto market. That's not the only piece of good news showing how markets are rebounding from the virus disruption. Similar news are coming in from Italy and other beaten down European economies about rapid post-lockdown recovery in demand for cars and washing machines and pickup in Airbnb bookings, Disneyland sellouts etc, which suggest economic forces are coming back full throttle once people have come out of the lockdown. India being a consumer-driven economy, that story should emerge more prominently, say analysts. MARKET CUES: Where we stand  >>> Nifty futures on the Singapore Exchange-traded some 77 points down at 7 am (IST) in signs that the market may encounter weakness on Dalal Street. On Monday Nifty formed a bearish candl...