5 reasons why you should rebuff largecaps & buy mid, smallcaps

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5 reasons why you should rebuff largecaps & buy mid, smallcaps Evidence favours domestic midcaps in the year ahead, suggests a study by ICICI Securities. How PMS managers made money for the rich in a tepid 2019 Foreign portfolio investors poured over Rs 1 lakh crore (net) in domestic equities in 2019. Jhunjhunwala's Budget wish-list, views on Tatas, bubble asset Jhunjhunwala said the government must make investing in real estate tax-free. Active investing is lazy & ineffecient: Aswath Damodaran Aswath Damodaran, Professor, Stern School of Business, NYU, says one should invest in index funds if one is uncomfortable picking the right companies, and to diversify portfolio.

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Unlisted stocks doubled money in 2019; all eyes are now on these names Like their listed peers, financial stocks in the unlisted space soared too. Wanna play safe? Look at debt-free stocks that rallied up to 122% in 2019 Of the 95 names in the BSE500 index that have debt-equity ratios close to zero or zero. GDP growth to be back at 6-7% by Sept: Indranil Sen Gupta There is a worry that credit demand is weaker than before, says Indranil Sen Gupta. Next multibaggers will come from infra space: Sunil Subramaniam The fiscal being stretched is this year's phenomenon, says Sunil Subramaniam.

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Initial Public Offer (IPOs) IPO Name Offer Price Band Open Date Close Date   Hindprakash Industries Ltd. 40.00 15-01-2020 17-01-2020 More >>

NFO (FMPs) Fund Name Category Type Open Close Min Inv   ICICI Pru FMP - Series 87 1174 Days Plan B Direct-DQ Debt: FMP Closed-end 15 Jan 2020 29 Jan 2020 5,000 ICICI Pru FMP - Series 87 1174 Days Plan B Direct-DH Debt: FMP Closed-end 15 Jan 2020 29 Jan 2020 5,000 ICICI Pru FMP - Series 87 1174 Days Plan B-DQ Debt: FMP Closed-end 15 Jan 2020 29 Jan 2020 5,000 ICICI Pru FMP - Series 87 1174 Days Plan B Direct-G Debt: FMP Closed-end 15 Jan 2020 29 Jan 2020 5,000 ICICI Pru FMP - Series 87 1174 Days Plan B-G Debt: FMP Closed-end 15 Jan 2020 29 Jan 2020 5,000 More >>

Real Estate News

MOHUA wants realty portal to become 'Amazon' of the sector The ministry hopes that it will bring the trust back in the real estate sector. Just like the 'Amazon' is trusted, the ministry wants the new portal to be one-stop for all housing-related requirements. The portal 'HousingForAll.Com', will help buyers in accessing best priced inventory by builders for a limited time to take full advantage of best pricing.

Housing sales across 9 major cities drops 30% in Q3 Compared to 91,464 units sold during the quarter last year, only 64,034 homes were sold across the nine markets in Q3 this year.

Leasing activity up as demand for office space soars The demand is expected to remain strong in 2020 with occupiers' preference for pre-leasing commercial real estate to future-proof their portfolios and hedge against rental escalations.

SC exempts retrospective petitions from IBC amendment Home buyers can set stringent conditions for individual financial creditors to approach the bankruptcy court.

Commercial realty demand scales record of 69.4 mn sq ft in 2019 While registering 40% on-year growth in leasing, preleasing activity also rose to a record level. Vacancy levels stayed low despite robust supply, rentals too increased, and co-working space take-up rose 1.43 times compared to 2018. The year witnessed record-high preleasing activity at 17.2 million sq ft, a 7.2% on-year growth.

NFO - Non FMPs Fund Name Category Type Open Close Min Inv   Tata Quant Fund Reg-G Equity: Thematic Open-ended 03 Jan 2020 17 Jan 2020 5,000 Tata Quant Fund Reg-D Equity: Thematic Open-ended 03 Jan 2020 17 Jan 2020 5,000 Tata Quant Fund Direct-G Equity: Thematic Open-ended 03 Jan 2020 17 Jan 2020 5,000 Tata Quant Fund Direct-D Equity: Thematic Open-ended 03 Jan 2020 17 Jan 2020 5,000 Axis All Seasons Debt Fund of Funds Reg-G Debt: Dynamic Bond Open-ended 10 Jan 2020 22 Jan 2020 5,000 More >>

Views and Recommendations

Sell Container Corporation, price target Rs 538: Arun Kumar 16 January, 2020, 11:43 AM IST The analyst suggested a stoploss at Rs 567. Sell Buy Gujarat State Petronet, price target Rs 270: Gaurav Bissa 16 January, 2020, 11:43 AM IST The analyst suggested a stoploss at Rs 225. Buy Buy Ramco Cements, price target Rs 900: Gaurav Bissa 16 January, 2020, 11:42 AM IST The analyst suggested a stoploss at Rs 795. Buy Buy Marico, price target Rs 400: Gaurav Bissa 16 January, 2020, 11:41 AM IST The analyst suggested a stoploss at Rs 328. Buy

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