Strategists at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. expect Asia’s equity leadership to shift from Southeast Asia and India to markets like China and Korea next year, while Societe Generale SA says Taiwan’s tech-heavy market is also at an inflection point. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. has echoed similar views.

Leading author and financial expert David Linton says emotion is an investor’s biggest enemy and it is a place where fear and greed meet and conspire to blur your judgement. “If you are finding a decision difficult, you are already dangerously close to being in the grips of the emotional Continue Reading

It was feared that the economic slowdown in Europe and the US would affect the IT sector, but that has not happened. Contrarily, the majority of businesses have reported strong growth, even in Europe. While the situation is volatile, companies are confident of navigating the same successfully.

Household spending increases due to cheaper consumer financing. Similarly, higher government & private CAPEX improves the economic outlook, leading to a re-rating in stock market valuation.

The offer size is around ₹493 crore at a floor price of ₹294 a share. Earlier, market participants were doubtful if investors would tender shares in the open offer at all since the stock price was trading way higher than the purchase price. If fully subscribed, the ₹492.81 crore open Continue Reading

The regulator asked Paytm Payments Services Ltd, a 100% subsidiary of One 97 Communications, to reapply after getting the necessary approvals for foreign direct investment in the company to comply with existing rules, the company said in a notification to stock exchanges on Saturday.

The bear markets are also a good time to invest in strong projects with good fundamentals due to lower prices. It is when investors have low confidence due to prolonged price dip, and as a result, the valuations are attractive.

As reflected by the fear gauge index India VIX, volatility has been cooling off for the last nine weeks and supporting the bulls to hold at higher zones. The momentum indicator has reached the falling trendline on the daily timeframe.

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Nomura has downgraded Siemens to neutral from buy as it has turned cautious after a strong share price rally. It sees potential order inflow growth weakening to low double digits.