From the options front, sharp decline post Fed meet has resulted in heavy Call writing at ATM and OTM strike. While the put base is at ATM 18300 strike, Call bases are much stronger at 18400 and higher strikes. Hence a move above 18400 should be looked for fresh longs in the index.

Forgotten sectors made a last-minute comeback, and we learnt that we could lose money on good businesses if we overpay! It was a time to be dynamic and risk averse.

After witnessing a phase of under-performance, select pharma stocks had been making a comeback. Some of them are mid-sized Indian pharma companies which are not hit by pricing pressure of the US generic market and other issues which large pharma companies are facing. The list is based on upside estimated by the analysts, with the highest potential stock coming on the top of the list.

Barring HDFC Bank, rest nine companies, including Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Infosys, ICICI Bank and Hindustan Unilever, witnessed decline in their market valuation.

Forgotten sectors made a last-minute comeback, and we learnt that we could lose money on good businesses if we overpay! It was a time to be dynamic and risk averse.

Low PEG ratio is a better indicator than many other ratios especially P/E which is followed by majority. The selected list applies different algorithms for all BSE and NSE stocks. For the purpose of this article, we have taken only NSE stocks into consideration.

One of the most successful and well-known investors of all time, Peter Lynch, is best known for growth at a reasonable price approach to investing. A highly successful former manager of the Fidelity Magellan Fund, his philosophy is detailed in his best-selling book "One Up on Wall Street" and more recently in "Beating the Street." Lynch is often associated with the PEG ratio, which measures PE ratios in relation to growth rates. Based on the idea of Lynch, a custom screen made by MarketSmith emphasizes securities that are trading for below-average prices on a PE or PEG basis that are not already widely owned by institutions.

"Due to the fact that FIIs were net sellers for a significant portion of December, institutional flows will be another crucial trigger," said Santosh Meena, Head of Research, Swastika Investmart Ltd.

On a sectoral front, Consumer Durable sector was the biggest laggard, followed by sharp fall in IT, realty, FMCG and media counters. Only, Infra, telecom and oil & gas stocks were the only gainers.

Despite the surge in participating countries over the decades, only eight teams have won the FIFA World Cup till date and only two continents have succeeded as champions of the FIFA World Cup, Europe and South America.

Nifty has officially delayed its breakout and will continue resisting the crucial 18,600 levels. Moving past this point remains critically important to reattempt any breakout by the index. On the other hand, Bank Nifty has continued to relatively outperform Nifty.

Nifty has officially delayed its breakout and will continue resisting the crucial 18,600 levels. Moving past this point remains critically important to reattempt any breakout by the index. On the other hand, Bank Nifty has continued to relatively outperform Nifty.

“November data shows largecap category witnessed redemption of Rs 1,038 crore on one side, while on theother side, midcap category saw inflows of Rs 1,176 crore and smallcap funds received Rs 1,378 crore,” said Viraj Gandhi, CEO, Samco Mutual Fund.

The selected stocks depict a strong upward trajectory in their overall average score which is based on five key pillars i.e. earnings, fundamentals, relative valuation, risk and price momentum. This implies that there has been a significant improvement in their market outlook in the given time frame.

Small cap companies might appear risk bets and they are. There should be no doubt about it but putting the right financial and other filters can lead to stocks with potential of wealth creation. ET screener powered by Refinitiv’s Stock Report Plus lists down stocks with high upside potential over the next 12 months, having an average recommendation rating of “buy” or "strong buy".

Despite the surge in participating countries over the decades, only eight teams have won the FIFA World Cup till date and only two continents have succeeded as champions of the FIFA World Cup, Europe and South America.

Eminent trader George Kleinman says the way to make really big money is to determine the major trend and then follow it."If the market will not go your way, you must go its way. When you are in a bear market and the major trend is down, the plan should be to wait for rallies and sell short, not try to pick the bottom. In a major bear market, you can miss the bottom several times on the way down and end up losing all your money. The same applies (in reverse) during a major bull market. Always go with the tide—never buck it," he says.

With inflation soaring, the Fed raising interest rates, Russia's war in Ukraine and China's decision to drop its "zero COVID" policy, a recession all but certain in Europe and increasingly likely in the United States, clear maps of the future would be particularly welcome now.

Let us get into some data-crunching now. There have been only five instances since 2005 where the Nifty Smallcap100 has given negative returns. However, in the following year, the index yielded a return of above 20% barring a single instance in 2019.

Equity inflows totalled $18 billion and bond funds saw $2.3 billion of inflows while investors sold $0.2 billion of gold and shed cash at the highest rate in three months, selling $31.1 billion.

Following US Federal Reserve's 50 bps interest rate hikes to combat inflation on December 14, other global central banks also raised their interest rates. On Thursday, central banks in Europe and Asia tightened rates, sending equity markets globally into a tailspin.

Incorporated in 1969, Elin Electronics is an electronics manufacturing services provider. It is a manufacturer of end-to-end product solutions for major brands of fractional horsepower motors, lighting, fans, and kitchen appliances in India.

However, as trading API solutions have grown in popularity, limitless opportunities now exist for retail investors as well. Today, investors are becoming more aware due to the abundance of knowledge available on the internet and have readily available access to the trading APIs provided by stockbrokers.

After a month of drawing down positions, investors poured $25 billion in stocks in the week through Wednesday only to see the S&P 500 plummet as the Federal Reserve and other central banks stuck with hawkish stances that threaten to spur a recession.

PSU banks stole the show, extending their gains. UCO Bank surged over 54%, whereas Indian Overseas Bank gained 30%. Meanwhile, Punjab & Sind Bank gained 20%, and Bank Of Maharashtra and Central Bank of India added 13% each.

Meanwhile investors sold $0.2 billion of gold and shed cash at the highest rate in three months, selling $31.1 billion.

Penny stocks have no defined theoretical definition. However, stocks in single digits or below Rs 10 are bracketed in this club. In this study, companies with a market cap of less than Rs 1,000 crore at the end of 2021 have been considered.

Penny stocks have no defined theoretical definition. However, stocks in single digits or below Rs 10 are bracketed in this club. In this study, companies with a market cap of less than Rs 1,000 crore at the end of 2021 have been considered.

Universities Superannuation Scheme, the trustee company of UK's largest private pension scheme by assets, Aditya Birla Sun Life MF, Plutus Wealth Management, and Indus Capital were among the buyers, deal data showed.

However, money managers are not very confident in betting on the smaller and mid-sized state-owned banks eventhough many of them have undertaken a major clean-up of their balance sheets and have seen a sharp expansion in their price-to-book values.

Economists at JPMorgan, for example, estimate core PCE prices probably rose about 0.1% in November, based on the CPI report and another Labor Department report on producer prices.

Mester has been a voting member of the rate setting Federal Open Market Committee this year but will not hold that role next year. On Wednesday, the FOMC raised its target rate by half a percentage point as it continues to work toward lowering the highest levels of inflation seen in decades.

Signs of pessimism over the economy have crept into asset prices in recent weeks, as investors grow increasingly worried that the Federal Reserve's most aggressive monetary policy tightening in 40 years - aimed at reducing inflation - will also hamstring growth

The sectoral gross NPA ratio was around 10% while the PAR 30+ ratio was 17.1% as of September 30, 2021. That time, the Reserve Bank of India had allowed lenders to restructure microfinance loans helping them to keep their NPA ratio lower.

"Indian markets will continue to dance to global cues and the next two-three months will remain volatile," said Mayuresh Joshi, head equity research, William O'Neil India. "The hawkish tone of global central banks indicates that they have been behind the curve in fighting inflation."

New York Fed President John Williams said on Friday it remains possible the U.S. central bank will raise rates more than it expects next year

While tagging an investment approach to a particular strategy, the portfolio manager should select one benchmark from those prescribed for that strategy to enable the investor to evaluate relative performance of the portfolio managers, Sebi said.

At 10:10 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 343.24 points at 32,858.98

Under the framework, scenarios which may potentially prevent a clearing corporation from being able to provide its critical services and may lead to winding down of its critical operations and services have been identified.

But when it comes to some Wall Street forecasts that argue the Fed may need to go as high as 6% or 7% on the federal funds rate target, Williams said "that's definitely not my baseline."

He had availed loan to exercise warrants and enable maintaining the total promoter's stake at a minimum of 26 per cent during the first 5 years of operations that ended in January 2022 as per the RBI regulations, it said.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 35.76 points, or 0.11%, at the open to 33,166.46

Benchmark index Sensex fell about 460 points to close at 61,337 on Friday. Despite this free fall in the markets, seven stocks from the BSE 500 index managed to record their new 52-week highs.The 52-week high is the highest price at which a stock has traded during the last year. Some traders and investors use this technical indicator as an important factor for analysing a stock's current value and for predicting its future price movement.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Delhi High Court to proceed with the execution of the Rs 4,600 crore arbitration award granted in favour of DAMEPL, which had pulled out from running the Airport Express metro line over safety issues and take it to a logical end within three months.

Global markets extended their rout as the European Central Bank (ECB) and Bank of England (BoE) followed the Fed in raising policy rates by half a per cent while maintaining a hawkish tone on inflation. The aggressiveness of central banks in combating inflation has raised concerns about the global economy's health," said Vinod Nair, Head of Research at Geojit Financial Services.

In accordance with the draft offer letter, the company would buy back or repurchase up to 2,28,57,142 equity shares at a price of Rs 350 apiece. The buyback price is at a premium of 24% as against the company’s share price on the day prior to the announcement.

Mutual funds as an instrument offer small investors a lucrative opportunity to put money into professionally managed funds, and diversified portfolios of equities, bonds, and other securities, which otherwise would be quite difficult especially with a small amount of individual capital.Similarly, it's good to see the stock movement in equities and keep an eye on mutual funds' performance. This works as a trend indicator, showing the type of funds that are performing well. It is, however, not necessary that good-performing funds will always give good returns.In today's MF analysis, we will find the top-performing equity mutual funds of 2022 along with their top holding stocks (Data Source: ACE MF). Data shows that 4 out of 5 top MFs have SBI in their portfolios. Here’s an analysis of MFs’ portfolios.

The policymakers also downgraded their outlook for economic growth in 2023 from the 1.2 per cent they had forecast in September to a puny 0.5 per cent - as near to a recession forecast as they were likely to make. What's more, they raised their expectation for the unemployment rate next year to 4.6 per cent from 3.7 per cent now.

Sebi on Friday came out with guidelines for portfolio managers pertaining to performance benchmarking, asking them to adopt an additional layer of broadly defined investment "strategies" while managing the clients' funds.

Riding on weak global sentiments sparked by successive rate hikes and hawkish tone of global central banks, Indian indices continued to trade with cuts on the second straight day. Nifty settled at 18,269, dropping 0.8%, while Sensex ended at 61,337, shedding 461 points. All the indices ended in the red, Nifty PSU Bank index being the worst performer.Listed below are the stocks that attracted investors’ attention on Friday: