The Nifty cracked close to 10,750 levels after almost coming close to 11,000. The huge sell off on Friday was driven by across the board selling due to fears that the US shutdown coupled with a trade war slowdown could spook growth. Indian markets Read more [...]

Nifty will be the real test of the concept of weekly options During the month of December, SEBI granted the NSE permission to launch weekly options on the Nifty 50. It may be recollected that the weekly options on the Bank Nifty was launched in 2016 Read more [...]

If the Fed holds in 2019, it will be good for the world economy In the last 3 years since the Fed started hiking rates, it has managed to hike rates by a full 225 basis points. The CME Fed Watch is still ambiguous and is assigning just a 2% probability Read more [...]

Despite a sharp correction, it may still be too early to buy mid caps The year 2018 has been one of the worst years for mid cap and small cap stocks in the last 7 years. The BSE mid cap index was down by 14.4% for the year while the small cap index was Read more [...]

News Announcement News Announcement The US Fed hiked Fed rates by 25 bps to the range of 225-250 bps While the rate hike was factored in, the Fed did give out a fairly dovish outlook for rates in the coming year Even Jerome Powell Read more [...]

The Nifty faced pressure closer to the 11,000 mark and closed around the 10,950 mark as the Fed rate hike put some pressure on the stock markets. Also traders were being cautious ahead of the year-end holiday season. Ahead of the Christmas holiday Read more [...]

The rupee almost celebrated the dovish outlook given by the US Federal Reserve by appreciating nearly 70 paisa to a level of 69.70/$. This is the first time since October that the rupee has strengthened beyond the 70/$ mark. At its worst it had crossed Read more [...]

After breaching the 8% mark decisively in October, the 10-year benchmark yields in the Indian markets are back to 7.224%, the lowest level of yields since April 2018. The sharp fall in yields was driven by a sharp fall in Brent Crude prices and also the Read more [...]