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The Indian equity market is currently thriving, reaching all-time highs despite recent bouts of volatility. However, many investors find that their portfolios do not reflect this success.
Besides investment,

The frontline equity indices in India have moved up by almost 1 per cent since the start of the Israel-Gaza conflict.

Following a lacklustre FY23, the initial months of the new financial year have presented an encouraging outlook for the broader market.

After enduring almost 18 months of turbulent markets and concerns sparked by the recent banking crisis in the US and Europe, investors finally heaved a sigh of relief in the month of April.

The month of March has started on a very good note for the Indian equity market. After three months of continuous negative returns, we have seen positive return in the first five trading days of this month.

October was a great month not just because of the Diwali festivities or the BSE Sensex climbing more than 7 per cent but more so because of foreign institutional investors (FIIs) returning to the Indian markets.

A lot has happened since last Diwali that has led to the underperformance of the equity market globally. In fact, the equity market is yet to touch the level that we traded at last Diwali. The uncertain characteristics of the economy were misread by even the battery of experts from Ivy League.

There is only one cardinal principal in the equity market that helps you to make money. You buy low and sell high.

The domestic equity market fell last week on the back of higher than predicted inflation numbers in the US for May 2022

Based on the experience of the last couple of years, countries as well as businesses are taking a fresh look at the way they interact globally.

The BSE Sensex is down by more than 8 per cent on YTD basis in 2022 so far while it is down by more than 11 per cent from the highs of 2022.

The equity markets continue to stay volatile, and it is no time for the bulls to relax.

Yet again the market has given way and the Sensex has floated around the level of 56,000. Since August 2021 when the market.

As mentioned in my last editorial, the market had already priced in factors such as higher crude oil, above average raw material prices, disruption in supply chain and the geopolitical situation but when a positive trigger like the news of HDFC and HDFC Bank merger surfaced, the market jumped up phenomenally.

While the last few months have passed by with discussions about how the market rise will tend to slow down or stall owing to tapering, high inflation rate or the new corona virus variants, no one would have expected the Ukraine-Russia war jolt that has shaken the foundation of the market with the index correcting near about 17 per cent from its highs.

It is an emotional moment for us and a historical one as well as we celebrate the 36th anniversary of the most coveted and popular investment magazine India has ever seen.

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The market is trading within a broad range and neither giving a clear advantage to the bulls nor the bears.

It just took six sessions of a fall of the Sensex starting January 17 for doubts to resurface in the minds of the investor about whether 2022 is going to be a green year for the markets or not.

As of now, with the Sensex climbing back to the 50,000 level, many would be wondering if the markets operate in a different hemisphere oblivious to the ground realities in India.

What we are witnessing in the markets right now is a classic tussle between bulls and bears where bears are banking on the rising number of corona virus cases and the fear of lockdown to build confidence while the bulls are focusing on the Q4 results and international markets to build their case.

As anticipated, the market is undergoing a correction owing to rising corona virus cases and the expected economic slowdown led by multiple lockdowns in the country.

The current state of equity markets is a good example about why they get perceived as complex and perplexing.

The market is behaving exactly like what had stated in our last two editorials

While there are concerns over inflation rearing its ugly head or the rapid increase in new corona virus cases, the Sensex has once again nudged over 51,000, this time spurred by the announcement of the new US stimulus.