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The market sentiment is bullish but valuations are high. Why fight against a trend, while staying bullish, just add an element of caution. When we use the word caution, we mean stay with quality and especially if one is increasing exposure in midcap at this point of time. There is enough evidence to show that owning quality stocks pays both in bullish and bearish markets conditions. In a bullish market, they tend to rise faster and when a bearish phase comes, they do lose weight like others but less as compared and have shown tendency to recover fast post a bearish phase. so stay bullish but b...

While it might be too early to call or to some it might appear to be wish of which bears on the street would have, but the way the market breadth has panned out, there is probability of a selective correction taking place, which is essentially led by the profit booking. At this time if one is looking to increase exposure, it would be better that they should look for stocks where there are some improvements in the business operating matrix that tend to weather the storm better. These selected stocks depict a strong upward trajectory in their overall average score which is based on five key pill...

There have not been many instances where one would have seen PSU banks strongly out performing the private banks. But we have seen a divergence in recent times. This probably is a reflection that finally the street has realized that it is wrong to paint all the companies in the banking sector with the same brush. It is even more true for the other parts of the financial service sector with the same brush. While they come under the umbrella of the BFSI, the operating matrix of each segment of financial service is very different and hence it is extremely important to have a look at segments wit...

Risks are higher, but desire to own them is at the highest. This probably explains the current state of relationship between the small cap segment of the market and investors. One of the reasons for it could be the recent performance of small caps and the kind of return they have delivered in the last eight months. This has brought them in the category of stocks where the desire to own them is “highest”. But the fact which gets ignored in such conditions is that “risks” are also higher. Especially the market liquidity risk and the risk of corporate governance being thro...

There is another side to the much talked about SEBI study, which mentioned that 90 % of the individuals who trade in future and options ( F&O) end up losing money only 10% are able to make profit. What is the common between both these losers and winners? They both brokerage to their stock broker and also pay transaction fees to the stock exchange. So, who is the constant and permanent winner? The stock exchange and the stock broker. Now to the other part which is more important, the turnover of the F&O segment where the compulsive traders are operating will continue to rise. The assump...