What explains the sharp fall in Private Banks in March? Between Jan-20 and March-20, the Nifty Private Bank index lost 38%. What was more surprising was that 30% out of the 38% correction happened in the month of March. What explains this sell-off in Read more [...]

News Announcement Impact Analysis Sensex and Nifty recover after 4 days of continuous fall Both Nifty and Sensex touched new lows in the week as the Coronavirus situation worsened during the week The bounce was largely driven by Read more [...]

It was a day when the key indices dipped sharply below long term support levels. Both the indices are now down by 35% and this is only the second time in the last 25 years that the markets have dipped so sharply in such a short time. Private Banks Read more [...]

CRISIL has substantially downgraded the GDP for the fiscal year 2020-21 from 5.7% to 5.2% in the back of the slowdown induced by the Coronavirus pandemic. CRISIL feels that the virus could impact Indian GDP growth in two ways. Firstly, companies are likely Read more [...]

With the sharp fall on Wednesday, the Nifty has lost 31.4% from the closing peak of January 14. The only bear crash that was more rapid than this fall was the crash in May 2006 when the markets lost 31% in just 34 days. With the Supreme Court order Read more [...]

For the first time, the United Nations has put out the actual loss estimates likely from the Coronavirus pandemic. The worst case estimate by UN is that the virus could lead to a total loss of 25 million jobs across the world with low-end jobs likely Read more [...]

After a smart opening on Tuesday, the markets literally crumbled with the Sensex losing over 2500 points from the peak. The domestic pressures and the absence of any stimulus from the government are beginning to tell. Banks are likely to remain Read more [...]

After a tumultuous Monday, Dow had a fairly positive Tuesday as the index ended over 1000 points higher. The positivity in the index was largely driven by the proposed stimulus by Donald Trump. He has now asked the Federal Reserve to add another $900 Read more [...]