AFFLUENT INVESTOR
Are you a common investor or a smart investor? 5 ways to combat volatility
Market volatility unnerves investors who may panic, leading to hasty decisions and missed opportunities, such as during India's recent election results. Despite a sharp initial drop, equity markets rebounded to all-time highs soon after. Mastering market fluctuations is crucial for long-term financial security.
Women are taking stock: As more women enter the high-net-worth category, their investment choices are also changing
Deepika Gehani, the cofounder of Genesis Luxury, represents the trend of affluent Indian women shifting towards equity investments. Nupur Garg, founder of Winpe, shares a similar sentiment on increasing risk appetite with growing wealth. The survey by Waterfield Advisors highlights women's interest in equity investments, with a focus on financial literacy emphasized by Priti Rathi Gupta. Anuj Kapoor from JM Financial Services notes the active role of female UHNIs in wealth management, while Devna Shah and Suhasini Sampath provide insights on equity and real estate investments.
Global rates will come down, India certainly to be a top beneficiary: Jose Vinals, Standard Chartered
The Indian elections resulted in a surprise, denying an outright majority to the BJP. Despite this, prospects of strong growth through Narendra Modi's third premiership offer comfort to international businesses, as highlighted by Jose Vinals, chairman of Standard Chartered.
Investors high on SME IPOs with up to 1,300% returns. Is it time to get sober?
Investors high on SME IPOs with up to 1,300% returns. Marquee investors, top performers like Owais Metal & Mineral Processing, and risks of market manipulation highlighted. Emphasis on due diligence and investor awareness.
After consolidating around current levels, market to deliver healthy returns over 3-5 years: Jitendra Arora
Jitendra Arora of ICICI Prudential discusses market consolidation, challenges in valuations, and investment strategies emphasizing long-term growth over short-term gains. He provides insights on sectors like private banks and real estate for potential investment opportunities. Arora says: "Private bank is one pocket where we find a lot of comfort as a house in terms of the valuations."
It’s three steps forward and two steps back for FII flows in Indian, Asian markets, says Manishi Raychaudhuri
Manishi Raychaudhuri emphasizes the importance of political and policy continuity for economic growth and market stability. He says discretionaries, particularly those discretionaries catering to affluent India are relatively safe, not just now but even over the next five to ten years. As income brackets continue to move higher, not only would the consumption package of Indians change, but how they consume that would also change.
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NFTFN raises over Rs 5 crore in the initial round of offering
The first phase saw an allocation of 10 million tokens at just $0.025 each, reflecting investor interest.
Lower face value to enable more retail investors bond with the best corporates
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) last week decided to lower the face value of listed bonds to ₹10,000, from ₹1 lakh. The regulator had in 2022 reduced the face value of such securities to ₹1 lakh from ₹10 lakh.
Don't see any central banks in Asia cutting rates until the Fed does: Mark Matthews
In fact, Bank Indonesia just raised their interest rates yesterday. So, the sticky inflation in the US will push back rate cuts globally, I think, into the latter part of this year. But I do not feel that is enough to really dramatically change the trajectory for the market. I still feel, as I said, that overriding everything else is strong earnings growth.
Banking blues, investor jitters drag Sensex down for fourth day straight
Indian benchmark indices closed lower as banking stocks declined, with Sensex falling 455 points and Nifty dropping by 152 points. Top laggards included Nestle India, Titan, Axis Bank, NTPC, Tata Motors, and ITC.
Boutique properties boom: HNIs showing great interest in exclusive properties for celebrations
According to travel industry experts and property owners, there is a growing demand for bulk bookings of entire boutique properties costing Rs 3 lakh per night to as much as Rs 10 lakh. Some are even using private charters for group travels. These bespoke holidays are either for exclusive reunions, celebrations or simply to enjoy leisurely getaways during long weekends, fuelling a trend of luxurious seclusion.
Hunger games: Investors at the table with appetite for food startups
Pizza Wings, Boba Bhai in funding talks as HNIs, angels and other backers show interest
All dips are getting bought into; be cautious in PSU segment: Rupen Rajguru
Rupen Rajguru, MD & Senior Advisor at Julius Baer India, shares insights on the market frothiness, positive investor sentiment, and changing dynamics of different market segments, including PSUs and small/midcap stocks. Rajguru says: "At an aggregate level probably some of the PSUs banks still have some legs to move around from here, but otherwise I would be cautious on that segment."
Share.Market plans to build quant research-based models to drive sustained wealth creation for investors
Wealthtech platform Share.Market aims to give a new dimension to discount broking in India by offering quantitative research and market intelligence. Share.Market plans to go live with futures & options trading by the end of March. Share.Market aims to bring in a new dimension to stock broking by providing quantitative research along with execution.
Majority of Ultra HNIs buying luxury property for capital appreciation
According to the survey, there is a robust economic optimism among High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNIs) and Ultra High-Net-Worth Individuals (UHNIs), with a staggering 79% expressing confidence in the Indian economy's positive trajectory for 2023-24, compared to 59% last year.
Desperate retail investors drive India's options craze
The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s crackdown on social-media influencers peddling advice is a losing battle. Although nine out of 10 individual traders are losing money, retail investors can’t get enough of derivatives. A smartphone-led gamification of investing is complete.
Why Kunal Vora is gung-ho on affluent India theme and avoiding mass stocks
“Affluent consumption is driven by services sectors like IT and global captives, which we believe will be a structural theme. Though there is short-term pressure, in the longer term, that is the play we want to be with. On the rural or mass market consumption side, the pain is likely to continue.”
ETMarkets Smart Talk- Equities likely to continue providing best after tax returns in the medium term for Indian investors: Kunal Vora
The US downgrade has not had any meaningful impact on bond yields in India and despite the initial nervousness, we do not expect it to have any long-term impact on Indian equities.
Fisdom partners with Smallcase to offer differentiated investment products to investors
Fisdom has partnered with smallcase to offer curated baskets of stocks and ETFs to its customers, helping them build cost-effective and diverse portfolios easily. This collaboration with smallcase will provide access for Fisdom clients to strategies from multiple research and advisory firms and smallcase managers. Fisdom is enhancing its broking platform and expanding the range of offerings for investors. Their customers can get an in-depth overview of the portfolio, methodologies, and relevant ratios and graphs to make an informed decision while choosing smallcases.
Foreign investors bet big on India banking on resilience and PM Modi's return to power
Foreign institutional investors from the US and Europe have shown growing optimism about India. The positive outlook is said to be due to improved economic, political and geopolitical outlooks, as well as India's ability to undertake structural reforms. Despite a 4.6% fall in emerging markets this year, India is still trading at a premium of around 62% on a 12-month forward price-to-earnings (PE) basis. Nonetheless, UBS remains cautious on India compared to EMs due to weak growth and return on equity expectations.
Rich investors turn to AIFs investing in 'riskier' debt
According to data from the Securities and Exchange Board of India, funds raised by Category II AIFs - investment funds that can invest only in unlisted companies - from investors increased from ₹1.24 lakh crore in March 2020 to ₹2.40 lakh crore in June 2022. AIFs cannot accept less than ₹1 crore from every investor.
Year-end Special: Money-making Ideas! 7 investment themes for stock investors in 2023
Hardly any analyst ETMarkets spoke to sees Nifty slipping below the 18,000 mark in the next one year. The most optimistic of bulls are expecting the index to even zoom past the 20,000 mark. Global brokerage BofA Securities has built a base case Nifty target of 19,500 while Morgan Stanley sees the Sensex at 68,500 in 2023.
Market may hit several all time highs in 2023: Saurabh Mukherjea
We are not here to garner popularity. Our job is to look after client’s money carefully. We have doubled our client’s money net of all fees and that is roughly 19% compounding at a time when the Nifty has done around 15%.
Investors who stuck it out for Musk's Twitter deal set to reap rewards
Firms including Pentwater Capital, Millennium Management, Adage Capital Partners, and Greenlight Capital - which invest for wealthy clients - may earn hundreds of millions of dollars after Elon Musk closed his $44 billion acquisition of social media platform Twitter.
Can a small finance bank be the next HDFC Bank in the making for equity investors?
Though the risks SFBs take are on the higher side, the business growth has also been higher. So, if you are planning to invest in these stocks you need to be extremely careful in selection.
Don’t treat LIC like a new-age fintech stock: IIFL Securities CEO
" There are no real signs of retail interest waning. Instead, we believe that the more the market corrects, the more the new investors are likely to be added. This is because people who missed out on the rally post-March 2020 fall, will look at this correction as an opportunity for the long term," says Sandeep Bhardwaj.
Inflation: Small car buyers may defer purchase, affluent people won't have problems, says Maruti head Bhargava
“I will not be surprised if inflation has an impact on buyers on margins who can just about afford to buy a car with their disposable income,” Bhargava said. “These customers may defer their purchase. Affluent people will not have such problems.”
Most affluent individuals in India have set new life goals post-pandemic: Survey
The survey further said that a pro-active approach can help the affluent regain control. Globally, almost all (94 per cent) of investors who had tried more than five new investments or investment strategies reported being happy with their finances, it said.
Smallcases for rich? 3 market veterans curate portfolios for affluent investors
ICICI Securities has launched a curated portfolio created by three renowned market veterans for its rich clients.
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