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The number of smallcap stocks that rose in double digits came down for the second consecutive week. Fifty of them saw double-digit rallies, compared with 52 a week earlier and 60-plus in the preceding week.
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...
Last one month has been a dream run for small cap stocks, a number of them have been able to scale new highs. One reason why small caps often tend to do well is because of the lack of liquidity in the stock. A bit of buying leads to sharp up moves in stock price. The same low liquidity becomes the root cause of trouble when one is selling, a small amount of selling and the price dip very sharply. So besides fundamentals which are the key to investing, also keep an eye on the liquidity of stocks. ET screener powered by Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus applies different algorithms & filte...
The risk on trade, which essentially means taking exposure to the riskier asset class started once again. In India, this meant that once again, small cap stocks, which are the riskiest place to invest both in terms of business uncertainty and stocks liquidity risk, once again witnessed more activity. All those investors who have increased their exposure to small caps in the recent past or are thinking of increasing their exposure should put more checks and balances before investing in this space. ET screener powered by Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus applies different algorithms & filt...
During the week, 58 smallcap stocks delivered double-digit weekly returns with Spencer Retail surging as high as 51%. It was followed by BCL Industries (35.6%), 63 Moons Tech (27.6%), and Inox Wind (26.4%).