Options for equities as helmets for daredevils in time of stock market crash

Often times in the midst of a highly volatile session the market presents us with great anomalies. Such anomalies generally are short-lived and a corrective course that runs within a session or two would bring in swift opportunist gains.    The genesis of the Futures & Options (F&O)...

Top lessons from Friday’s market crash and the swift recovery

Indian economy has been on a path of recovery over the last four quarters. There has been a broad-based improvement in growth suggesting tapering of GST and demonetisation disruptions.    The current market volatility isn’t accompanied by a live event so all sorts of conjecture on...

Friday's crash signals time to 'hide in defensives'; Sun Pharma, Wipro, Dr Reddy’s make good bets

Our strategy should be to hide ourselves in the defensive sector till the Nifty does not cross the all-time high level of 11,770.   In the past, the Nifty has a number of times witnessed a steep fall due to extreme sell-off because of unwarranted reasons. It is not new to market participants...

Nifty likely to trade sideways ; 3 stocks which could give 5-11% return

Upside for Nifty is expected to be capped on a short-term basis. We remain selective on specific stocks only and avoid aggressive long positions.   Despite outlining government’s measures to strengthen domestic currency and narrow current account deficit, the India equity market continued...

Global brokerages see limited upside for Indian market. Here are 10 strong buys for 1-2 years

Goldman Sachs, which was strategically overweight on India since March 2014, has turned slightly cautious towards Indian market in 2018 and lowered its investment view to marketweight from overweight earlier.    While bulls were in full control until last month, September is turning...

Macquarie raises Nifty 1-year target to 12,000, says macro risks higher but not alarming

Macquarie feels the valuation risk is limited to benchmark indices while midcap is still vulnerable.   Macquarie India believes cyclical recovery is clearly getting broad-based with infra having turned around and real estate is at the inflection point. The global brokerage house said the...

Stock Ideas

Pharma stocks continued their recovery in the September series after consolidation was seen in the last couple of months. The first round of recovery was seen in May and June when the broader market was under pressure. The Pharma Index gained almost 18% from May lows. We believe a fresh uptrend may...

Market Outlook

   Previous Week Equity benchmarks extended losing streak for second week in a row despite sharp recovery in second half to settle lower by 0.7% during previous week as concerns over depreciating rupee and global trade war weighed on sentiments. Nifty started the week on a weak note and...

Market Strategy

Market Strategy    NIFTY Nifty is likely to consolidate around 11400 levels in the coming week. The highest Put base has remained at 11400 strike for major part of this series and the index is expected to remain around these levels for sometime. Nifty range for the coming week is...

Market Week Ahead: Rupee, trade war likely to weigh on markets; oil and macro data to be in focus

Here are top 10 factors that will keep traders busy next week.    The market took a breather as bears managed to get full control at Dalal Street for the first time in last seven consecutive weeks, thanks to a sharp weakness in rupee owing to dollar demand and higher crude oil prices. The...