Political stability trumps deteriorating macroeconomic numbers as FPIs invest over Rs 92,477 crore in Indian equities till mid-December 2019

The market is witnessing two dichotomies right now - one, the economy is showing signs of slowdown while markets are rising; and within markets, while top 15 companies are driving the Sensex and the Nifty, mid-caps and small-caps are being battered

FPIs are global funds allocating money to India as part of their emerging market portfolio. They are mostly heavy stakeholders and about two-third of their investments are in largecap stocks

The SEBI directive will lead to many investment professionals moving away from PMS and applying for other licences

With residential sales hitting the trough and prices stagnant, the realty market can look forward to better times

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These companies cut across sectors and include Vakrangee, PC Jeweller, Arvind, Rain Industries and Indiabulls Real Estate, among others. Most may never go back to their past highs

Average market cap of BT 500 companies has fallen. Unless corporate earnings grow and performance of mid- and small-caps improves, there seems no recovery in sight.

Most real estate funds, set up a decade back to help developers with land deals, are facing an existential crisis. They need to take a re-look at their investment strategies to generate positive returns for investors

The collective market capitalisation of BSE B group shares (small and mid caps) was Rs 20 lakh crore in 2017-18 and it fell to Rs 8 lakh crore in September 2019 - almost to the 2009 levels, says an analyst

Stakeholders continue to be pessimistic due to overall economic slowdown, slump in domestic consumption and drying credit flow to developers

At Rs 52.10 lakh crore, investments in direct equity comprise one-fifth financial assets, says Karvy India Wealth Report 2019

The recent move to reduce corporate tax will give a generous fillip to our ailing economy and have a positive effect on the stock market, said Abhijit Bhave, CEO, Karvy Private Wealth

Company vice chairman and MD Gagan Banga, in an investor call on Friday, said there was very high liquidity on books to more than cover next 12 months repayments

While buyers in Mumbai had to shell out 11 times their annual income to buy a house in 2010, the figure is now down to 7.2 time

Currently, developer loans comprise 20 per cent of loan book, which will be replaced by retail loans to homebuyers and SMEs

Immediate focus will be on improving perception, which has taken a hit over the last six months after the merger announcement

Excluding gold loan companies, which have seen a rally in stock price, promoter wealth in the sector has halved to $7.7 billion from $15.6 billion at FY18-end

The number of SIP accounts went up to 2.83 crore in September from 2.81 crore in August; the MF industry AUM stood at Rs 24,50,787 crorein September, while the retail AUM was Rs 11,23,779 crore

The value of this inventory at Rs 9.38 lakh crore is more than the gross state domestic product (GSDP) of most states including Kerala, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and is almost double the GSDP of Bihar