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Having addressed business, stock markets and personal finance for the last 18 years, Clifford Alvares has ridden the roller-coaster markets - up close and personal -successfully, traversing the downs and relishing the rises. The greater part of his journalistic ventures has gone into shaping articles about how to shape portfolios
Rains have been better than average, suggesting food prices that shot up before the monsoon arrived will moderate
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The government has unveiled a 4% inflation target for the next five years under the policy framework with the RBI, which bodes well for the financial markets like stocks and bonds
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Stocks will get a further boost as a new Goods and Service Tax could spur the economy into a faster growth rate in the coming years. And in the longer run, this will boost the earnings of companies
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For those investors who have been in the market for some time now, one can take out some partial profits, at least in stocks that have run up significantly
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Exorbitant interest rates along with loads of other charges should be a deterrent to individuals rolling over credit card dues. Disastrously, it’s not
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For now, investors should not bet on the trend of the markets, but concentrate on another segment that is likely to drive investor profit -- individual stocks
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Stock markets are steadily rising due to the decent spell of first quarter numbers and an expansion in the broader economy
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Investors could continue to stick to a basic plan of buying the dips and of looking at companies that are expected to see good growth such as autos, consumption, financials, chemicals, cement, and select infrastructure counters.
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India is largely insulated from the global turmoil and may, in fact gain, as investors view it positively
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Earnings downgrades are bottoming out, and in the recent quarter topline growth has been positive, which is encouraging. I’m overweight on India relative to other countries
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