Navigating Nippon India Taiwan Equity Fund: Performance, Currency Risk, and Geopolitical Considerations

Navigating Nippon India Taiwan Equity Fund: Performance, Currency Risk, and Geopolitical Considerations

Nippon India Taiwan Equity Fund, launched in December 2021, has faced challenges since its inception, with its net asset value (NAV) mostly trading below the issuance NAV of 10 INR.As of 2nd June 2023, the fund's NAV sta...

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Keeping Track of Monthly Returns in Equity Mutual Funds - May 2023

Keeping Track of Monthly Returns in Equity Mutual Funds - May 2023

For the month of May 2023, the most rewarding returns have been generated in IT sector with average 5.78% increase and the worst sector has been Pharma, a laggard with average returns of 1.63%....

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HDFC Life Shares- Bought by Domestic institutional Investors

HDFC Life Shares- Bought by Domestic institutional Investors

SBI Mutual Fund bought 1.42 crore shares of HDFC Life for Rs 823 crore; Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund (25,75,000 shares) for Rs 149 crore; ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund (21,25,000 shares) for Rs 123 crore....

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Economic Calendar June 2023 for India

Economic Calendar June 2023 for India

Macro date points affects the asset prices. It is important to keep track of them-...

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Quess Corp- Insiders increasing Stake

Quess Corp- Insiders increasing Stake

The company is India’s leading business services provider and largest private-sector employer. It offers a host of services to help organizations manage their non-core activities in the areas of Workforce Management, O...

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Fitch put the United States’ AAA long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating on negative watch citing debt ceiling fight

Fitch put the United States’ AAA long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating on negative watch citing debt ceiling fight

The Rating Watch Negative reflects increased political partisanship that is hindering reaching a solution to raise or suspend the debt limit despite the fast-approaching x-date,” the X date can arrive as early as June ...

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Key Companies Announcing Results Today ( Moneycontrol)

Key Companies Announcing Results Today ( Moneycontrol)

AIA Engineering , Mrs. Bector Foods, Emami, Expleo Solutions, GMM Pfaudler, India Energy Exchange, HBL Power Systems,...

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What does MTAR Technologies do ? Understanding its Business

What does MTAR Technologies do ? Understanding its Business

MTAR Technologies Limited (MlL) is an Indian company that specializes in precision engineering and manufacturing of critical assemblies for various industries, including nuclear, clean energy, space, and defense. The com...

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S3 Insight: GNA Axles- Promoters increasing stake steadily

S3 Insight: GNA Axles- Promoters increasing stake steadily

GNA Axles is Punjab based manufacturers of rear axle shafts, other shafts and spindles used in on-highway and off-highway vehicular segments in India. The company is mainly engaged in manufactures and sells auto componen...

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S3 Insight : SBI results announced and view of Morgan Stanley,JP Morgan, Bernstein

S3 Insight : SBI results announced and view of Morgan Stanley,JP Morgan, Bernstein

State Bank of India (SBI) reported a 83 per cent jump in standalone net profit at Rs 16,694.51 crore in the fourth quarter of 2022-23 against Rs 9,113.53 crore a year ago, beating analyst estimates....

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S3 Insight : On Capital Expenditure; Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Consumer Discretionary

S3 Insight : On Capital Expenditure; Production Linked Incentive Scheme for Consumer Discretionary

Continued strong momentum was seen in the "Tendering and Awarding" activity in the beginning of FY24 for April. And with improved incentives and outlay, the government aimsto push local manufacturing of IT hardwaresuch a...

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India's Defense Sector: A Rapid Rise to Global Prominence

India's Defense Sector: A Rapid Rise to Global Prominence

The defense sector in India has been thriving for several reasons, including: Increased defense spending: Over the last few years, the Indian government has been increasing its defense spending to modernize its armed fo...

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S3 Insight - Results Today & Insider Buying

S3 Insight - Results Today & Insider Buying

Results season is on and the major names who would be coming out with the announcements today....

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Redington - Reading  between the Lines of Recently announced results

Redington - Reading between the Lines of Recently announced results

Redington Limited, an integrated technology solutions provider and a Fortune 500 company, enables businesses in their digital transformation journeys by addressing technology friction – the gap between innovation and a...

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Around the Clock: Regular Trading Hours of Key World Indices Demystified

Around the Clock: Regular Trading Hours of Key World Indices Demystified

Global stock indices are a popular way for investors to track the performance of stock markets around the world. As an investor based in India, it's essential to know the trading hours of major global indices to make inf...

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Mental accounting bias- how it affects the way we spend money or choose to save

Mental accounting bias- how it affects the way we spend money or choose to save

Mental accounting bias if understood properly can help in improved financial decision making, better budgeting, more effective financial planning and helps in taking a holistic approach in decision making...

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Understanding Hindsight Bias

Understanding Hindsight Bias

Biases are systematic errors in thinking that can affect the way we perceive, process, and interpret information, and can lead us to make decisions that are irrational, unfair, or inaccurate....

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Thinking in bets -  Book summary

Thinking in bets - Book summary

Annie Duke is a retired professional poker player, author, and speaker who is known for her expertise in decision-making and risk management. She has won numerous poker tournaments, including the World Series of Poker, a...

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Current Industry Trends in Valuation Multiples- An Observation

Current Industry Trends in Valuation Multiples- An Observation

Valuations multiple of traditional sectors like metals, mining, public sector enterprises, public banks have been rising and reverting back to mean.Technology and IT sector valuation multiples have been under lot of stre...

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Astra Microwave- allots shares to institutional players

Astra Microwave- allots shares to institutional players

In the recent development Astra Microwave has allotted 83.3 lakh shares at Rs. 2870 per share aggregating to Rs. 275 crores to key investors including Nippon mutual fund, kotak mutual fund, Tata AIA life, IIFL Astra Micr...

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Manappuram Finance - ED conducts Raid

Manappuram Finance - ED conducts Raid

Manappuram Finance in adverse development has seen ED conducting searches on its offices for alleged money laundering and flouting of KYC norms.In a statement issued later in the day, Manappuram Finance said, ‘’ED is...

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BPCL - Govt Slashes Windfall tax on Domestic Crude

BPCL - Govt Slashes Windfall tax on Domestic Crude

BPCL is engaged in the business of refining of crude oil and marketing of petroleum products. It has refineries at Mumbai and Kochi, LPG bottling plants and Lube blending plants at various locations. The Corporation’s...

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RBI MPC Meet Outcome and Key Data points

RBI MPC Meet Outcome and Key Data points

In the recently concluded RBI Monetary Policy Committee meeting- Repo rate has bee kept unchanged at 6.50% with RBI governor stating that we will depict readiness to act if situation so warrants and stance is – “with...

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Private Banks- Area of Strength

Private Banks- Area of Strength

ICICI Bank last traded price 899 ; HDFC Bank last traded price 1692 and Kotak Bank last traded price 1869 are showing signs of strength ....

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Quick Glance at Nifty Small Cap 100 Change in Valuation

Quick Glance at Nifty Small Cap 100 Change in Valuation

Two parameters have been taken to assess the change in valuations of Nifty Small Cap 100 over last 1 year. Price Earning ratio and Price to Book Value Ratio....

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Eris Lifesciences- Inorganic Growth is the Focus

Eris Lifesciences- Inorganic Growth is the Focus

Eris Lifesciences founded by Mr Amit Bakshi and team in 2007 is one of the fastest growing companies within the chronic and acute categories of the Indian Branded Formulations market such as: cardiovascular; anti–diabe...

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Big Blow to Debt Mutual Funds - Indexation Benefit  Lost

Big Blow to Debt Mutual Funds - Indexation Benefit Lost

There has been a major development today as per taxation rules applicable to Debt Funds. Before we move ahead, first thing first. This proposed change in taxation rules is applicable on Fresh investments coming in Debt F...

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Linking of Pan with Aadhar – Timeline Approaching Fast- March 31 2023

Linking of Pan with Aadhar – Timeline Approaching Fast- March 31 2023

If your Pan and Aadhar is not linked by March 31 2023 then the pan will become inoperative. To check the current status of your linkage of Pan with Aadhar – all you have to do is visit income tax department official we...

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Financialisation of Savings - A Structural Trend for India

Financialisation of Savings - A Structural Trend for India

Lets look at statistics of Indian Mutual Funds Industry- • AUM to GDP ratio in India is 16% and world average is 63% and infact in US this is a high of 140% • Mutual Funds AUM as a percentage of Bank Deposits as on D...

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Capital Goods and Manufacturing - Game on !

Capital Goods and Manufacturing - Game on !

Kirloskar Oil Engines Limited (KOEL) belongs to Capital Goods sector and Engineering- Industrial Equipment’s Industry. It is an Indian manufacturer of diesel and petrol engines, gensets, and Agri-machinery. The company...

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Potential - The 20- 20 IDEA Summit 2023 Stock List

Potential - The 20- 20 IDEA Summit 2023 Stock List

An event which is the culmination of India top investment professionals sharing their ideas on a platform where their share their stock idea and their rationale for 20 minutes each. It throwed lot of interesting names...

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Aswath Damodaran- “The Dean of Valuation” passes verdict On Adanis

Aswath Damodaran- “The Dean of Valuation” passes verdict On Adanis

This Blog is our 2nd in series on Adanis’. Our first blog on Adani group was published on October 21 2022 and was titled- “Valuations and Euphoria Called The Adanis”; wherein we shared the astronomical valuations ...

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Are You A Senior Citizen who is Looking for Regular Flow of Income ?

Are You A Senior Citizen who is Looking for Regular Flow of Income ?

If you are a Senior Citizen and want to have a regular flow of Income by way of interest , Senior Citizen Saving Scheme ( SCSS) is a very good option which offers rate of Interest of 8% currently. Read more details on th...

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Cyber Insurance - Your Security in Digital World

Cyber Insurance - Your Security in Digital World

Cyber Insurance have been gaining in popularity off lately. The insured business is protected against losses arising due to a network-based event or from the effects of cyber-attacks. It also covers first-party and thir...

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Nifty Targets 2023

Nifty Targets 2023

Major Brokerage houses have come out with their Nifty targets for 2023. Have compiled a summary for your quick reference. Please note that these targets are dynamic and can be revised basis change in macro variables or d...

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NASDAQ - The Great Fall !!

NASDAQ - The Great Fall !!

On YTD (Year Till Date) basis, Nasdaq has corrected 34%. A closer Look at the major stocks and their drawdowns in the year 2022....

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Mannapuram Finance- Mid Cap NBFC Stock

Mannapuram Finance- Mid Cap NBFC Stock

Manappuram Finance is NBFC engaged in business of gold loans, money exchange etc....

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USD INR - How Deep is the Fall

USD INR - How Deep is the Fall

USD INR saw a turmoil last week and surprised market participants, it breached 81 levels and closed eventually at 80.47 levels...

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Important Questions Every Investor needs to find answers to before they start Investing

Important Questions Every Investor needs to find answers to before they start Investing

Successful investing is not easy. I am reminded of a famous saying about Stock Market “ If you don’t know who you are, this is an expensive place to find out”- Adam Smith – The Money Game Almost 97% of people fai...

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Monopoly Business Stock Down 54% from it’s all-time high

Monopoly Business Stock Down 54% from it’s all-time high

In India, there are three Power exchanges. Power Exchange India (PXIL) ,Indian Energy Exchange Limited (IEX) and Hindustan Power Exchanges (HPX). While the former two has been in business since 2008, HPX commenced its op...

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The Holy Grail of Investing

The Holy Grail of Investing

Market Sentiment plays a very important role in determining Market Valuations. Euphoria in markets results in frothy valuations and panic in sentiment results in extremely lucrative valuations. If only an investor could ...

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INVESTING SUCCESS THROUGH SIP INVESTING

INVESTING SUCCESS THROUGH SIP INVESTING

Investing through systematic investment plan is one of the most popular investing strategies which is adopted by investors all over the world. It not only helps investors build their nest egg over a period of time but al...

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Axis Bank – Attractive Valuations and Favorable Price Action

Axis Bank – Attractive Valuations and Favorable Price Action

Axis Bank CMP 900 – have surpassed the high it saw in May 2019. Axis Bank’s acquisition of Citi Bank assets which has 2.5 million credit card users will strengthen retail assets book of Axis....

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DIWALI 2022 ICICI Direct top Picks

DIWALI 2022 ICICI Direct top Picks

ICICI Direct- India’s leading Brokerage house has set one year forward target of Nifty 50 at 19 425. Top picks from the brokerage house this Diwali has names Axis Bank, Apollo Tyres, Eicher Motors, Laurus Labs include...

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Valuations and Euphoria - The Adani's

Valuations and Euphoria - The Adani's

Adani group is Indias leading business conglomerate having been founded in 1988 with the current market cap of 18.40 lakhs crore. The group has business interest ranging from energy to ports to cement, power, defence, f...

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A Decadal View in Hindsight

A Decadal View in Hindsight

Have no confusion about the next decade -it belongs to India . In the 10 years to mid-October this year, Nifty returns stand at 124% against 54.5% for the Dax and 33.8% for China’s Shanghai Composite Index. The UK’s ...

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Tata Elxsi Post Q2 Results 2022-23 CMP 7204

Tata Elxsi Post Q2 Results 2022-23 CMP 7204

The near-term outlook for Tata Elxsi looks hazy in some segments and that creates a scenario where that disproportionate earnings growth period seems to be over for now at least. It might restart in a couple of years but...

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Ujjivan Small Finance Bank- Feather in Cap !!

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank- Feather in Cap !!

Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Limited is a mass market focused bank in India, catering to financially unserved and underserved segments and committed to building financial inclusion in the country. It started its operations...

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Wisdom Tree

Wisdom Tree

The Golden Rules in Stock Market are inscribed in History and each of these rules have deep wisdom rooted in them for stock market success. This blog intends to share these timeless wisdom quotes....

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Holidays and Leisure !

Holidays and Leisure !

Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd (MHRIL), a part of leisure and hospitality sector of the Mahindra Group. Started in 1996, the company's flagship brand ‘Club Mahindra’, today has many members, who can holiday at...

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ICICI Direct and Bank of America Analysts on Market levels for Calendar Year 2022

ICICI Direct and Bank of America Analysts on Market levels for Calendar Year 2022

Analysts at ICICI Direct have upgraded Nifty targets of 18600 by end of Calendar Year 2022. And Bofa Securities Analysts have come out with revised base case scenario of 18500 on Nifty and max probable upside of 19500 by...

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Nearly 5 Years of Wait – Now Tailwinds Favouring the Story

Nearly 5 Years of Wait – Now Tailwinds Favouring the Story

The Indian Bank share has seen an all time high of 427 in November of 2017. During the Year ended 2018 March, it recorded 1311 crore of Net profit for one financial year ....

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What’s Driving Fertiliser Stocks

What’s Driving Fertiliser Stocks

Gas prices are on boil in Europe on back of Russians cutting down on its supply; Electricity prices have gone off the roof. The results, Europe has seen multiple fertiliser plants shut down....

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The Impending Rise of Dollar

The Impending Rise of Dollar

The DXY is hovering around 108.94. Its recent high stands at 109.29. USD INR is hovering around 79.87. So where are we headed on the currency....

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Defence Sector Company- Atamnirbhar Bharat in Next Decade

Defence Sector Company- Atamnirbhar Bharat in Next Decade

The company incorporated in 1991and its products applications in area of Defence, Homeland Security, Meteorology and Space....

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Small  Cap Company Lapped UP by Institutional Investors

Small Cap Company Lapped UP by Institutional Investors

Kirloskar Pneumatic Market cap 3252 crores and last traded price on bourses 504.20 on Friday close saw huge buying by institutional investors....

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Nippon India Mutual Funds Buys Shares in recently Listed Company

Nippon India Mutual Funds Buys Shares in recently Listed Company

Sapphire Foods India Ltd shares were bought by Nippon India Mutual Fund on 26th July 2022. The transaction price of this Bulk Deal was 1090 and the CMP of the share is 1115 at close today....

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Debt Fund Returns Opportunity in Making

Debt Fund Returns Opportunity in Making

10 Year Indian Gsec is hovering in vicinity of 7.45%. With a series of rate hike expected - the yield could be expected to head towards 8% levels in months to come....

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Looking closer at Inter Market Strengths- Weakness and PE Valuations

Looking closer at Inter Market Strengths- Weakness and PE Valuations

The Markets have been in correction mode since mid Oct 22 and seen drop of nearly 16% from 18604 levels to current Nifty of 15556...

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BofA cuts year-end Nifty target to 14,500- (Financial Express)

BofA cuts year-end Nifty target to 14,500- (Financial Express)

Nifty valuation, though corrected, still appears vulnerable close to its 10-year average...

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What to make of the Sharp upmove in Markets Yesterday ?

What to make of the Sharp upmove in Markets Yesterday ?

Markets saw a sharp bounce yesterday of 288 pts on Nifty. Nifty closed at 15638 up 1.88%....

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