Articles for Market Volatility

2024 Review: Sectoral funds dominate as mutual fund AUM grows 38%, folios reach 22.08 crore
4 days, 14 hours ago

2024 Review: Sectoral funds dominate as mutual fund AUM grows 38%, folios reach 22.08 crore

Live Mint  

The Indian mutual fund industry continued its growth trajectory in 2024, fueled by a steady rise in Indian equities that attracted retail investors, making mutual funds a preferred vehicle for wealth creation and long-term financial planning. In 2024, the mutual fund industry's Assets Under Management surpassed the ₹68 lakh crore milestone for the first time, reaching ₹68.08 lakh crore in …

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Market volatility: A threat or an opportunity for investors?
1 week ago

Market volatility: A threat or an opportunity for investors?

Live Mint  

Volatility is an unavoidable aspect of equity markets, yet it is often misunderstood. While volatility represents short-term fluctuations in stock prices, it is not synonymous with risk. Period Nifty 50 TRI Market Volatility 2019–2020 Significant fall Global pandemic impact 2021–2022 Recovery and growth Economic reopening 2022–2024 Sharp fluctuations Interest rate changes How stock prices move: The demand-supply dynamic Stock prices …

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How to Use US Stocks and ETFs to Hedge Against Volatility in Indian Markets
1 week, 3 days ago

How to Use US Stocks and ETFs to Hedge Against Volatility in Indian Markets

Deccan Chronicle  

There are multiple factors that cause market volatility. Apart from various investment products available among investors to hedge their portfolios, investing in US stocks and ETFs, is another method to insure against market volatility. Investing in a country like the US does not only protect the portfolio from market volatility and currency price fluctuations but also allows investors to invest …

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Smart systematic transfer plans can help navigate market volatility: Amit Suri of AUM Wealth
1 week, 5 days ago

Smart systematic transfer plans can help navigate market volatility: Amit Suri of AUM Wealth

Live Mint  

In an interview with Mint, Amit Suri, founder of AUM Wealth, discusses strategies for handling market volatility, including smart systematic transfer plans that adjust fund transfers based on market conditions. Innovative tools, such as smart systematic transfer plans, can help navigate volatility effectively. Could you elaborate on innovative investment strategies like smart systematic transfer plans? Unlike traditional STPs, where a …

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How to manage emotional biases during volatile markets?
3 weeks, 5 days ago

How to manage emotional biases during volatile markets?

Live Mint  

Over the years, it has become evident that the most significant challenges in wealth management rarely stem from market complexities or economic uncertainties. Time and again, we have witnessed how our emotional responses to money can override years of financial education and market experience, leading to decisions that can significantly impact long-term wealth creation. To combat these psychological challenges, investors …

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Sensex crashes 1,200 points, Nifty falls below 24,000; IT stocks tumble
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Sensex crashes 1,200 points, Nifty falls below 24,000; IT stocks tumble

India Today  

It was a bad day for traders on Dalal Street as benchmark indices nosedived during the session after gaining in the previous session. Most of the broader market indices also fell sharply during the trading session as volatility soared, reflected by the nervousness among investors on Dalal Street. "Conversely, the broader market outperformed the frontline index due to a shift …

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Bitcoin options trade shows more bets on retreat after failing to breach $100,000
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Bitcoin options trade shows more bets on retreat after failing to breach $100,000

The Hindu  

Investors in the world's largest cryptocurrency are anticipating a significant downward move after bitcoin failed to hit an all-time peak of $100,000, according to a crypto trading platform citing recent options activity. Nick Forster, founder of onchain options decentralised protocol Derive with total trade volume of $7.1 billion, said in emailed comments on Tuesday that the so-called call-put skew index …

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Your Questions Answered: What are arbitrage funds and how are they different from largecap funds?
1 month ago

Your Questions Answered: What are arbitrage funds and how are they different from largecap funds?

Live Mint  

Q. I am a civil engineer working with a construction company in Pune, my wife is a scientist working with a bio-medical start-up in Pune. The working mechanism of arbitrage mutual funds involves a few key steps: Market neutral strategy: Arbitrage mutual funds employ a market-neutral strategy, meaning they can generate returns irrespective of market direction. Difference in returns: Arbitrage …

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US Presidential Elections 2024: Market impact and trading strategies by Gurpreet Sidana, CEO, Religare Broking
1 month, 2 weeks ago

US Presidential Elections 2024: Market impact and trading strategies by Gurpreet Sidana, CEO, Religare Broking

Live Mint  

US Presidential Elections 2024: The U.S. election outcome is likely to influence Indian equity markets primarily through trade policies, foreign investment and currency movements, said Gurpreet Sidana, CEO, Religare Broking. Additionally, shifts in U.S. monetary policy, such as potential interest rate changes, could impact global capital flows, with tighter policies potentially leading to outflows from emerging markets like India. While …

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Your Question Answered: I want to invest in Nifty Midcap 150 Index. Please elaborate its pros and cons
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Your Question Answered: I want to invest in Nifty Midcap 150 Index. Please elaborate its pros and cons

Live Mint  

I am a young professional working in the accounts team of an MNC. Nifty Midcap 150 Index The Nifty Midcap 150 Index, a barometer of India's mid-sized companies' market performance, is a pivotal index for investors looking to tap into the growth potential of midcap stocks. Investment and opportunities Investing in the Nifty Midcap 150 Index tracking mutual funds can …

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Safety For F&O Traders: Investment Platform Groww Announces New Features
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Safety For F&O Traders: Investment Platform Groww Announces New Features

News 18  

Investment platform Groww on Tuesday announced the launch of new features designed to help F&O traders mitigate losses in F&O. The fintech platform said with India’s F&O market experiencing significant growth in recent years, the need for robust risk management tools has become increasingly apparent. Groww’s new features aim to help the F&O participants protect their capital and avoid costly …

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Broad Based Relief Rally in Market After Three Day Decline
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Broad Based Relief Rally in Market After Three Day Decline

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: Stock market recovered partially gaining more than a per cent on positive global cues. The Sensex gained 874.94 points or 1.11 per cent to close at 79,468 while Nifty-50 gained 304.95 points or 1.27 per cent closing at 24,297.50. Mid-cap and small-cap stocks outperformed the large caps, the BSE Mid-cap index gained 2.63 per cent while BSE Small-cap index …

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Wall Street ’fear gauge’ logs record jump as investors bet on more turbulence
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Wall Street ’fear gauge’ logs record jump as investors bet on more turbulence

Live Mint  

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK, Aug 5 - Wall Street's most-watched gauge of investor anxiety logged its largest ever intraday jump on Monday and closed at its highest since October 2020, as traders scrambled to hedge against market volatility during a global selloff fueled by U.S. recession fears. "There's no question that last week something was broken and it's …

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Budget 2024: Stocks wobble on capital gain tax plan
5 months ago

Budget 2024: Stocks wobble on capital gain tax plan

The Hindu  

The stock markets reacted negatively to the Budgetary provisions concerning additional tax burden on investors and closed in the negative territory led by losses in banking stocks after undergoing high volatility. The market reacted because the increase in capital gain tax has been viewed as a negative for the investors and the 5% increase in Short Term Capital Gain tax …

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Outright ban on securities refinancing not best solution
5 months, 1 week ago

Outright ban on securities refinancing not best solution

China Daily  

An investor looks at share prices at a brokerage in Fuyang, Anhui province. However, as stock prices rise, some investors might use the securities refinancing mechanism to short-sell, anticipating a short-term market correction. Second, completely banning the securities refinancing mechanism could reduce market liquidity, affecting price discovery and market efficiency. More importantly, banning the securities refinancing mechanism will not fundamentally …

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Mutual Funds: 5 ELSS funds have given up to 25% return in last 3 years
6 months, 1 week ago

Mutual Funds: 5 ELSS funds have given up to 25% return in last 3 years

Live Mint  

ELSS funds are commonly known as tax-saving funds because they offer tax exemptions under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act. Name of the fund SIP investment 3-year returns Investment tenure Total value of returns 10-year returns Investment tenure Total value of returns Bank of India ELSS Tax Saver 10,000 25.78 3 5,46,535 20.01 10 38,26,117 JM ELSS Tax Saver …

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Stricter scrutiny for capital markets
7 months ago

Stricter scrutiny for capital markets

China Daily  

JIN DING/CHINA DAILY China has recently released a guideline to ensure the high-quality development of its capital markets, with particular emphasis on strict scrutiny of initial public offerings, strengthened trading regulation and the promotion of long-term capital investment. Algorithmic trading, particularly high-frequency trading, possesses distinct technological, informational and speed advantages that can lead to certain challenges, including strategy convergence and …

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Insiders shrug off volatility in stock market
8 months ago

Insiders shrug off volatility in stock market

China Daily  

An investor looks at share prices at a brokerage in Fuyang, Anhui province. Although investors did not spare listed commercial banks on Friday, causing an average 0.27 percent decline, the banks' overall appeal should not be overlooked, market mavens said. Of the 22 billion yuan invested by overseas investors in the A-share market via the stock connect program linking the …

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5 strategies to manage investment portfolio risk and market volatility
1 year, 3 months ago

5 strategies to manage investment portfolio risk and market volatility

Live Mint  

The financial markets are ever-evolving and fluctuate often. Understanding risk factors in volatile markets Before delving into risk management strategies to tackle market instability, it is crucial to understand the factors that cause risk to one’s portfolio in volatile markets. Hedging techniques and derivatives to counter market volatility Hedging is a risk management strategy employed by investors to protect their …

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Why multi asset allocation fund should be a part of your portfolio?
1 year, 7 months ago

Why multi asset allocation fund should be a part of your portfolio?

Live Mint  

Multi Asset Allocation Funds are balanced fund or asset allocation fund that must invest at least 10% of their assets in three asset classes: equity, debt, and gold. Singh, Deputy MD and CBO, SBI Mutual Fund Multi Asset Allocation Funds make for a good addition to an investment portfolio of investors looking for exposure to different asset classes managed by …

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Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | SC wades into uncertainty in bid to check Modi govt
1 year, 9 months ago

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | SC wades into uncertainty in bid to check Modi govt

Deccan Chronicle  

At a time when Prime Minister Nare-ndra Modi’s government seems to be the monarch of all it surveys, and there is no check on its impudent and imprudent arbitrariness, the Supreme Court is slowly evolving into a tribune of the people, expressing the anguish of ordinary citizens as the political Opposition across the nation is scattered. In the hearing before …

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Stocks vs gold vs MF vs FD: Which investment is better amid market volatility
1 year, 9 months ago

Stocks vs gold vs MF vs FD: Which investment is better amid market volatility

Live Mint  

Confused over stocks, gold, mutual funds, fixed deposits? Fixed deposits provide you guaranteed returns even if they are guaranteed to be lower and are not impacted by market volatility. In a word, if you are searching for long term investments in Gold, you may earn from larger returns as well as save on tax; not to mention, with a little …

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Explained | How is the stock market regulated in India?
1 year, 10 months ago

Explained | How is the stock market regulated in India?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On February 10, the Supreme Court asked the Securities and Exchange Board of India and the government to produce the existing regulatory framework in place to protect investors from share market volatility. The SCRA empowers SEBI to recognise stock exchanges, prescribe rules and bye laws for their functioning, and regulate trading, clearing and settlement on stock …

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Hindenburg report on Adani group | SC calls for protecting Indian investors from sudden market volatility
1 year, 10 months ago

Hindenburg report on Adani group | SC calls for protecting Indian investors from sudden market volatility

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Securities and Exchange Board of India and the government to produce the existing regulatory framework in place to protect Indian investors, who are mostly middle class and reported to have lost several lakhs of crores in the past two weeks after the U.S.-based short-seller firm Hindenburg Research published a report, which led to …

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