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Nifty Monthlies: A 6% Return in April Takes Nifty to Positive in 2018

After a couple of lousy months, April’s come to the rescue just as the Nifty closes at +6.2% for the month. This has been a very interesting month, just ...
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Market Roundup – Opportunity or Crisis?

On Friday, the 23rd of March 2018, markets fell by 1.2%. While this is not a significant fall, what was significant was the fact that this drove the draw-down ...
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Chart: The Nifty, Adjusted for Inflation, Still Lower Than 2008

It’s interesting how inflation can be a killer. The 2008 high of the Nifty was 50% lower than the highs in Jan 2018. And yet, because of inflation, the ...
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Guest Post: How Long Has Such an Extreme Valuation Lasted?

This is a Guest Post by Anoop Vijaykumar.  Whether you are a fundamental or technical investor, your portfolio has probably done fairly well (‘Happy New ...
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Realty and Metal Best Performers in 2017, Pharma and IT Worst

The broad based Nifty 50 Index returned 27.66% in the last calendar year. While different sectors performed at different scales, we bring to you the holistic ...
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Nearly The Longest Time Since a 2% Decline: Dormant Volatility

In the large cap zone, markets have been very benign. Exactly how benign? Well, it turns out it’s been 233 trading days since we’ve seen a 2% ...
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Charts: Nifty in 2017 is still up 21% after lowest monthly return in August

It’s time for our quick monthly stat: Index performance. Indexes went negative in August, with the Nifty losing about 1.6% in the month. That’s ...
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Chart: Adjust the Nifty for Inflation, and we are 10% below the highs of 2007

Inflation hits all of us hard. It’s a drop in purchasing power. So let’s adjust the Nifty for a “constant” purchasing power by removing ...
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Chart: Nifty does the best year since 2009 with a 5% in July

The Nifty had the best month of 2017 in July; it was up over 5%! The move to 10,000 has been swift. And takes the 2017 return to 23%. The Sensex also did about ...
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Nifty Gaps and future Returns

With BJP trouncing the opposition in Uttar Pradesh, the markets opened with a gap on the opening bell. A gap is simply an open either higher than a previous ...
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