In one of the worst series of sessions, the Dow Jones Index lost nearly 2200 points in a span of just 6 trading sessions as the worries of an inverted yield curve and a prolonged trade war spooked the US markets. The coming week is also likely to see Read more [...]

The price of Brent Crude fell by nearly 11% in a single weak taking the fall since the peak of October to well over 35% as Brent Crude touched an 18 month low of $53.82/bbl. There were two primary reasons for the sharp fall in the price of Brent Crude. Read more [...]

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 [...]