Market looks tempting? Don’t bat on front foot yet

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Market looks tempting? Don't bat on front foot yet Analysts say investors should not rush to buy but keep some cash ready. Auto firms pulled brakes in Q3. Experts say Q4 holds little hope Motilal Oswal analysts expect passenger vehicles industry to grow 4-6% in financial year 2019. Watch: Discount broking not everyone's cup of tea D-St shrugs off value stocks, chases growth even at high price Looks like investors are in no mood to chase value at the moment.

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Top Mutual Funds SCHEME NAME RATING 1 M(%) 6 M(%) 1 YR(%) 3 YRS(%) JM Core 11 Direct Plan-Growth 4.42 -6.95 2.71 25.70 JM Core 11 Fund-Growth 4.25 -7.72 1.44 24.09 Reliance Large Cap Fund Direct-Growth -1.47 -7.23 0.87 19.11 Axis Bluechip Fund Direct Plan-Growth 0.10 -6.38 8.73 18.43 ICICI Prudential Bluechip Fund Institutional I-Growth 0.02 -8.01 0.37 18.01 FeaturedMotilal Oswal Focused 25 Fund Direct-Growth ★★★★★ -1.14 -10.44 -4.80 14.36 Start SIP

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30 smallcaps report 1st profit in 5 quarters: Turnaround bets? JM Financial says the beats-to-misses ratio came in at 1:4 against 1.06 in September quarter. Surgical Strike-II sends Sensex reeling; experts say time to buy Pakistan's KSE100 also took a hit, plunging 464.50 points, or 1.17 per cent, to 39,142.29. Below the radar, pharma picking up pace, slowly but surely Having been battered on D-Street for quite a long time now, this segment is finally showing hope. Despite poor earnings, brokerages gung-ho on these 4 stocks While the environment remains challenging, a few of them still look attractive.

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Crude prices headed north, but US output may slam the brakes EIA reported that US crude oil production reached 12 mbpd for the first time last week. Paathshala: Diversify portfolio with international funds Many international funds are available to Indian investors.

Initial Public Offer (IPOs) IPO Name Offer Price Band Open Date Close Date   Mahip Industries Ltd. 32.00 26-02-2019 01-03-2019 More >>

NFO (FMPs) Fund Name Category Type Open Close Min Inv   UTI Fixed Term Income Fund - Series XXXI - VII (1155 Days) Reg-G Debt: FMP Closed-end 25 Feb 2019 11 Mar 2019 5,000 UTI Fixed Term Income Fund - Series XXXI - VII (1155 Days) Reg-D Debt: FMP Closed-end 25 Feb 2019 11 Mar 2019 5,000 UTI Fixed Term Income Fund - Series XXXI - VII (1155 Days) Reg-DQ Debt: FMP Closed-end 25 Feb 2019 11 Mar 2019 5,000 UTI Fixed Term Income Fund - Series XXXI - VII (1155 Days) Reg-DY Debt: FMP Closed-end 25 Feb 2019 11 Mar 2019 5,000 UTI Fixed Term Income Fund - Series XXXI - VII (1155 Days) Reg-Flexi D Debt: FMP Closed-end 25 Feb 2019 11 Mar 2019 5,000 More >>

Real Estate News

Home buyers may end up paying more after GST rate cut Affordable homes are defined as ones with sale price of Rs 45 lakh or less and a carpet area of 90 square metres (968 square feet) or less in non-metro cities.

Tax cuts should boost Indian realty demand, but many issues linger Rising bad debts and real estate project failures have made banks cautious on lending to developers.

Rajasthan govt scraps stamp duty on transfer of immovable property from husband to wife as gift Under the present system, 2.5% stamp duty is charged on the market price of the property in case of its transfer in the name of father, mother, son, sister, daughter-in-law, grandson or daughter as a gift.

DDA to soon launch new online housing scheme; moots draft policy on 'enhancing walkability' in Delhi The scheme, however, will be an online one so application and other processes will be done online.

GST Council cuts rates sharply to make room for housing growth Starting April 1, homes under construction will be levied 5% GST, against 12%. For affordable homes, GST will drop to 1% from 8%.

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Views and Recommendations

Buy Just Dial, target Rs 525: Dr CK Narayan 01 March, 2019, 08:57 AM IST Buy Just Dial Ltd. at a price target of Rs 525 and a stoploss at Rs 510 from entry point. Buy Sell Maruti Suzuki India, target Rs 6,600: Manas Jaiswal 01 March, 2019, 08:54 AM IST Sell Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. at a price target of Rs 6600.0 and a stoploss at Rs 6926 from entry point. Sell Buy SRF, target Rs 2,370: Manas Jaiswal 01 March, 2019, 08:50 AM IST Buy SRF Ltd. at a price target of Rs 2370.0 and a stoploss at Rs 2259 from entry point. Buy Buy Chennai Petroleum Corporation, target Rs 240: Kunal Bothra 01 March, 2019, 08:42 AM IST Buy Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd. at a price target of Rs 240.0 and a stoploss at Rs 223 from entry point. Buy

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