Perpetual SIPs state to be the SIP’s with no tenure and end date. Most of the fund houses/ AMC’s  consider such SIPs to last till 2099 unless an investor gives a specific instruction to stop them. These SIPs aim at ensuring investment discipline and continuity.

The markets on March 12, 2018 opened gap up. BSE Sensex is trading at 33,601.93, up by 294.79 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,319.40, up by 92.55 points.

The Indian airline sector is buzzing with a series of new developments that have come up during the weekend.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 56.89 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 4,81,492.44 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 56.89 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 4,81,492.44 crore.

The issue opens on March 15, 2018, and closes on March 19, 2018. The issue comprises of fresh issue and an offer for sale of 11.9 crore shares of the promoter company BFSL (Bandhan Financial Services Ltd) worth Rs 4473 crore. The price band fixed for the issue is Rs 370-Rs 375 per share with face value of Rs.10 per share. The minimum lot size of the issue is 40 shares and will be listed on the BSE and NSE

Watch out for Reliance Communications, Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, Aarti Drugs, Avanti Feeds, Apex Frozen Foods, Waterbase.

Today, the Indian markets are likely to open on a positive and stable note followed by robust closure in the US markets amid strong jobs data. The SGX Nifty, which has surged 118 points at 10331.50 at 7.15 hours IST, is indicating that the Nifty is likely to have positive opening in the Indian markets.  

You must have heard the oft-repeated advice, “Timing the market is not important, time in the market is”. Well, let us admit that this holds true for long term investments and, therefore, it makes a forceful case for long term investments. But if timing the market is not important, then how does one make money in the short term?

Being in cash comes with an opportunity cost, which is the benefit foregone by the investor by holding cash. In other words, the opportunity cost is the indirect loss suffered by the investor by holding cash.

These averages come in handy to determine the likely movement of the stock, commodity or the index going forward and, accordingly, decide on the course of action to be taken.

Gone are the days when an investor had to fill up application form with his own hand and submit the completed form at the broker’s office to subscribe to an IPO. Today, sitting in the comfort of the house or office, an investor can subscribe to IPOs and NFOs or buy shares or mutual fund units in the secondary market at the click of a mouse or swipe of smartphone screen.

Market players are wary of various types of market risks that might result in a financial loss to them. The macro risks are the most significant ones that can impact the markets in a profound manner. So, what are these macro risks and how and why do they impact the markets? Let’s try to find out.

International Mutual funds, these funds allows investor to invest in the equity or equity-oriented securities linked to the foreign markets. Lets take a look how do they work and what are the risks involved?

Bajaj Finance, NBFC promoted by Bajaj Finserv, surged as much as 2.4 per cent and closed 1.6 per cent up, in otherwise negative market conditions. The stock emerged as the second top gainer in Nifty50, where only 4 stocks could make up to close with 1 per cent plus profits.

On the weekly time frame, the index took support at 50 per cent retracement of the prior upward rally and bounced back. However, the negative sentiments spread across are refraining the index to gain momentum. Thereby, the index has halted at the resistance level of 12900 levels since February 23.

The company won domestic digital transformation orders worth Rs. 365 crore from various organisation operating in different businesses.

The bank regulator Reserve Bank of India has imposed a fine of Rs. 10 lakhs on Equitas Small Finance Bank (SFB) as the company was selling mutual fund, pension and insurance products without taking approval from the regulator.

Indian major indices have turned indecisive  but Nifty Media is at the forefront of positive move with 1 per cent gains. Nifty Media Index has taken a major support at 3215-3220 levels which is its multiple resistance turned support level. 

Brushing aside rumours that Videocon chief Venugopal Dhoot has left the country, the company expresses confidence that it will be able to repay its lenders soon.

In the current volatile market, investors are diversifying their portfolios to safeguard their investment and avoid losses.

Going ahead, the levels of 10,275 and 10,310 would act as immediate resistances for the index and, on the downside, the levels of 10,200 followed by 10,130 would be seen as support for the index. Stocks in the news: Filatex India, Bank of Baroda, Bank of India, Shree Renuka Sugars, TCS, Spice Jet, Global Offshore Services, GTL Infrastructure, L&T Finance and Interglobe Aviation

Today, the markets are likely to make an optimistic start following firm global cues. Also, traders will be getting support from the report that net direct tax collection in the April-Feb period of 2017-18 showed a whopping 19.5% growth from the year ago period to Rs 744,000 crore. The SGX Nifty is indicating that the Nifty could open with gains of 40 points around 10,278 at the opening bell.  

The number of women fund manager in Indian fund management industry is on rising, despite that they are inadequately represented in the industry. 

The IPO of Bharat Dynamics will remain open for subscription from March 13-15, 2018. The issue consists of Offer for Sale (OFS) where the Indian government is selling 12% stake worth Rs 960.94 crore. The issue price is in the range of Rs 413-428 per equity share having face value of Rs 10 each.

Nashik-based real estate company Karda Constructions (KCL) is entering capital market with the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of 43 lakh equity shares.

One of India's newest bank Bandhan Bank is entering the equity market through Rs. 4,500 crore Initial public offering (IPO).

The Information technology(IT) sector funds look to be back on track after two years of immense underperformance. These funds have returned nearly around ~31 per cent in the last one year. 

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.22 p.m. on March 8.

The markets on March 8 opened up. BSE Sensex is trading at 33,170.71, up by 137.62 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,196.70, up by 42.50 points.

Paytm's subsidiary Paytm Money has received a green signal from SEBI to offer investment and wealth management products to consumers across the country.

Tata Steel may get access to the assets of Bhushan Steel as the company is identified as highest bidder by the Committee of Creditors. Bhushan Steel owes Rs. 45,000 crore to the banks.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 98.78 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs.  8,70,651.46 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 98.78 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs.  8,70,651.46 crore.

Going ahead, the level of 10,120-10,140 will act as an immediate support zone for the Nifty. However, a decisive breach of this zone may lead to further weakness, in which case it may test the low of 10,075 reached during the panic of Gujarat election results. Stocks in the news: Cadila Healthcare, SBI, Hero Motocorp, Pidilite Industries, Nitco, Torrent Power, Marico, Coal India, Stride Shasun, JSW Steel, Sanghi Industries, Gayatri Projects and Bharti Airtel.

Indian equity benchmarks are expected to witness a mildly positive opening as cues from Asian peers are supportive. However, the bigger question is will the market be able to sustain the initial gains or will it be just a dead cat bounce. The SGX Nifty is indicating that the Nifty could open marginally positive around 10,214 at the opening bell.  

Indian drug major Torrent Pharmaceutical is planning to bid for Sanofi's generic business, Zentiva NV.

The investigation agencies are now probing 31 banks who have lent a sum of around Rs 5,000 crore to Gitanjali Gems.  

Now, going forward, the market could drift to test the daily 200-SMA, which is placed around the level of 10,120. But any bounce-back towards the levels of 10,310 and 10,350 will act as immediate resistance areas for the Nifty. Stocks in the news: Infosys, TCS, Bal Pharma, Ashoka Buildcon, REC, Sadbhav Infrastructure Projects, Dabur, HPL Electric and Power, Avenue Supermarts, Ultratech Cement, ZEEL, Bharti Airtel and Speciality Restaurants.

Indian markets are expected to open flat with a negative bias as cues from global peers are mixed. The SGX Nifty is indicating that the Nifty could open marginally negative around 10,230 at the opening bell. Since Nifty has breached its very crucial level of 10,300, we believe that the undertone of the market has shifted from 'buy on dips' to 'sell on rise'.  

India's largest mutual funds distribution Infrastructure, BSE StAR MF announced on Tuesday that about 40 banks have been enabled for e-mandate on BSE StAR MF. 

Indian stock market bulls finally surrendered after tremendous struggle to sustain above the support levels. We hold 10,100 followed by 10,033 as immediate supports. The 9685 level is a major reversal for the Nifty in the medium term. On the upside, 10315-10375 followed by 10,425 will act as resistances.

Defence public sector company Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) ventures into the stock market next week with its pure offer of sale (OFS) offer which may fetch the Government of India Rs. 600 crore.

Interest rate are set to rise globally, and central banks are looking to normalise the interest rates. Read on to find how to position your portfolio in this situation. 

This proposed six lane expressway will reduce the distance between the two cities by almost 40 km and reduced the current travel time of 4 to 6 hours to around 2 hours.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.42 p.m. on March 6, 2018.

The markets on March 6, 2018 opened up. BSE Sensex is trading at 33,861.19, up by 114.41 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,404.55, up by 45.70 points. 

JSW Energy has acquired JSW Electric Vehicles Private Limited in-line with its focus to venture into the Electric Vehicles, Energy Storage Systems and associated businesses.

The pharma industry bellwether Sun Pharmaceutical was buzzing on the bourses following news that USFDA may soon give clearance to the company's Halol site in Gujarat.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 55.68 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 4,77,603.56 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 55.68 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 4,77,603.56 crore.

Indian markets are likely to witness a positive opening as cues from global peers are supportive. The SGX Nifty is indicating that the Nifty could open higher by 39 points around 10,399 at the opening bell.  

Going ahead, the zone of 10,270-10,300 is very crucial for the Nifty and a decisive breach of this support zone may trigger a sell-off which may drag the market up to the levels of 10,200-10,080 in the near term. On the upside, the gap area of March 5, 2018 (10,429-10,447) will play out as the resistance area. Stocks in the news: Infosys, Prime Focus, Mahindra and Mahindra, Wanbury, JSW Energy, Reliance Industries, Somany Ceramics, HDFC, Ramco Cements and Reliance Infra.

The stocks that are likely record significant movement on the bourses on Tuesday, March 6, are JSW Energy Limited, Wanbury Limited, Reliance Industries Limited, Oil India Limited and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.      

While the market still debates the effect of Trump admin's newly imposed import tariff on steel and aluminum, Indian markets slip in-line with global weakness post the announcement.

Eris Lifeciences is seen surging against the market sentiments with 5.4 per cent gains from the previous close. The stock succeeded in giving a consolidation breakout with 3.10 times volume spurt in intraday trade. The oscillators too are trailing above 60 levels which supported momentum in the stock.

The IT sector has been on a recovery mode since the past few months. In October 2017, the BSE Information Technology index stood at 10,005.49. It touched new 52-week high of 13,126.39 in January 2018. Currently it is trading at 12,439.91 levels. Thus, in past 4 months, the index has surged by ~25 per cent.

After a brief downward rally in the most talked of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, the bottom is said to have been made for now. ow Bitcoin/USD chart shows a Cup and Handle pattern in the making, with Bitcoin taking multiple resistance at 11,600-11,775 levels.

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 1.08 p.m. on March 5, 2018.

The markets on March 5, 2018 opened up. BSE Sensex is trading at 33,701.61, down by 345.33 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,340.80, down by 117.55 points.

Adding to its wide range of innovations, Uflex launched its special glitter ink for flexible substrates such as paper and heat sensitive films on Monday. The glitter ink will get cured by LED lamps applied in-line with gravure printing process using solvent or water-based ink system.

While the entire market is grabbed with negative sentiments, Nifty IT is trailing flat to positive amid bounce back in the IT majors. Where the benchmark indices have seen 4 consecutive days of downfall, Nifty IT index is trading in consolidation from past 5 trading sessions.

Tata Power Delhi Distribution (TPDDL), a joint venture of Government of Delhi and Tata Power have joined hands with Electricite de France (EDF) and its wholly-owned subsidiary 'Enedis' to explore prospective opportunities for Smart Grid Technology in India.

Viaan Industries Limited enters into a deal to launch a live online trivia game show for India audience. The company signed the agreement with Stream Live Inc USA.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.37 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 13,18,649.24 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 1.37 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 13,18,649.24 crore.

We may see Nifty testing its major support zone of 10,270-10,300 in the coming trading sessions. Stocks in the news: Jubilant Lifesciences, PNB, NMDC, Wipro, Poly Medicure, HCL Infosystems, Fortis Healthcare, Laurus Labs, JBM Auto, Dilip Buildcon, Allahabad Bank and Reliance Infrastructure.

After a long holiday weekend, Indian equity benchmarks are likely to react on Monday to the import duties imposed by the US on steel and aluminium. The big overhang will be the possibility of a full-fledged retaliatory trade and currency war. The SGX Nifty is indicating that the Nifty could open around 10,345 at the opening bell.  The ruling NDA put up a stellar show in the North-East assembly elections.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently overhauled the rules governing bank loan defaults in order to curb the menace of burgeoning NPAs of banks. 

Car insurance is one of the most important insurance policies a person buys after life insurance, health insurance and home insurance. But it is quite a frustrating experience if the car insurance claim gets rejected due to some reason. Read on to know more.

The general perception about these frauds and defaults is that these could have happened only with the active connivance between the bank officials and promoters of businesses. This perception holds true in cases such as Nirav Modi’s, but the corruption of bank officials and dishonesty of the promoters are not the only reasons why such mega frauds and defaults happen.

The decision of India’s largest public sector bank SBI to hike the interest rate on retail deposits, followed by an increase in MCLR rate by up to 20 basis points may be a precursor to the upward movement of interest rates going forward.

The Bill defines a ‘fugitive economic offender’ as any individual against whom a warrant for arrest in relation to a scheduled offence has been issued by any court in India and who leaves or has left India so as to avoid criminal prosecution and refuses to return to India to face criminal prosecution.

The stocks that are likely to witness significant movement on the bourses on February 21, 2018 are Sunflag Iron And Steel Company Limited, Eicher Motors Limited, Matrimony.Com Limited, Steel Strips Wheels Limited and Dilip Buildcon Limited. 

Dividend is nothing but the distribution of gains and profits. All mutual fund houses/ AMC’s (Asset management company) calculate the dividends for each of their schemes on the basis of the distributable surplus. 

“95% of all traders fail’ is the most commonly used trading statistics. If we assume this as a fact, the traders obviously require a tool that gives them an edge over other market participants. Many traders spend years trying a variety of indicators and indicator settings and combinations to find the best combination that will give them an edge.

Ashoka Buildcon has won a huge order from NHAI after emerging as the highest bidder for the toll-operate-transfer (TOT) projects. The company in joint venture with Macquarie had bided for this project. The company has quoted the bid project cost at Rs. 860.10 crore. This bidding was for the first batch of TOT and has 9 projects under it.

Mid-cap fertilizer and industrial product company, GSFC has commissioned a film grade Nylon-6 plant in Vadodara, Gujarat. The unit has a capacity of 15 MT per day of film grade Nylon-6.

Ramky Infrastructure, the company with a market cap of Rs. 1,150 crore has been awarded Rs. 939 crore project for construction of proposed Srinagar Semi-Ring Road/ Bypass from Gallander to Crossing of Sumbal Road by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).

Being a mutual fund investor, it is very important to select the perfect fund manager for the investment. 

State-owned manganese ore mining company MOIL witnessed a surge in its share price on Thursday following the revision of prices of different grades of manganese ore and other products.

There is one “E” that never goes out of fashion when it comes to stock market investing and that “E” is nothing but “Earnings”. Indeed, time and again, the importance of earnings is reinforced for the investors after the dust surrounding the markets settle down and a major events such as the Union budget concludes. Earnings are again in focus and the markets start discounting the most influential parameter that truly moves share prices. 

The recommendations provided in this column are taken from various market sources such as brokers, analysts, dealers and investment strategists, etc. These recommendations may not be backed by strong fundamentals. Therefore we advise readers to use their own discretion before investing in these recommendation

Following stocks are close to their 52-week low as at 12.37 p.m. on March 1, 2018.

These are interesting times for investors as both equity as well as hybrid funds have been performing well. Although the introduction of LTCG tax and DDT of 10 per cent on these funds in the Union Budget 2018 as well as the recent market volatility has dampened the spirits of investors looking to start investing in these funds, they remain the best bet to achieve medium and long-term investment goals.

The markets on March 1, 2018 opened up. BSE Sensex is trading at 34,150.35, down by 33.69 points and the Nifty is trading at 10,489.75, down by 3.10 points.

Bharti Airtel chief, Sunil Mittal has openly criticized TRAI's regulation on pricing and said that he will contest the order in court if the regulator does not provide a fair business environment to all telecom operators.

Banking stocks are reeling under pressure and have under-performed lately. In-spite of underperformance there remains tremendous appetite for the banking stocks as they truly capture the Indian growth story. 

Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), one of the largest steel-maker globally, has reported net profit in the OctoberDecember quarter after 10 consecutive quarters of losses! The company’s share price touched a two-and-half-year high of Rs101.40 recently in January. So, is it safe to say that SAIL has started sailing on its journey to reclaim its lost glory? Or, is it too premature a conclusion? We dig deeper to find this out for our Investors.

After corporate earnings of most of the major stocks came to an end, the global cues have driven the Indian markets in the couple of weeks or so. The US Federal Reserve minutes, which signalled interest rate hike in the coming policy reviews amid persistent economic boom prevailing in the US, dragged the bourses across the globe. 

The scrips in this column have been recommended  with a 15-day investment horizon in mind and carry high risk. Therefore, investors  are advised to take into account their risk appetite before investing,  as fundamentals may or may not back the recommendations

This column gives you scrip chosen by the research team during the fortnight that is fundamentally strong and expected to give good capital appreciation over a time period of 1 year.

The NPAs and PSU banks are the talk of the town in India. While the PNB share price is down in the dumps, I believe the impending reforms in the banking sector will permanently improve the way PSU banks are run. The Narendra Modi government is taking the banking crisis seriously and will, in my view, take decisions that will make the PSU banks a lot more efficient and accountable.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 84.32 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 7,78,710.91 crore.

Overall volumes in futures & options currently stand at 84.32 lakh contracts with a turnover of Rs. 7,78,710.91 crore.

For the day, important supports are seen around the levels of 10,450, followed by 10,400 and, on the upside, the levels of 10,560 followed by 10,640 will offer stiff resistance. Stocks in the news: Dilip Buildcon, Xpro India, Dynamatic Technologies, Reliance Power, Tata Power, HCL Infosystems, SH Kelkar, MOIL and Canara Bank.

Indian equity benchmarks are expected to open significantly lower given on the back of weakness across the global markets. The SGX Nifty is indicating that the Nifty could open lower by 65 points around 10,454 at the opening bell.  

Pharma major Cipla announced its partnership with Roche Pharma India, following which the company’s share price surged by nearly 2 per cent in intraday trade on Wednesday. The partnership is expected to increase access of the company to major medicines.