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Abhishek Basumallick, Founder & Chief Equity Advisor, Intelsense Capital, says: “In pure valuation terms, all the stocks or all businesses where you have earnings visibility have run up a lot. Valuations are not cheap by any means but even within that, we need to focus on quality businesses. This dialogue of whether we will have a largecap rally or a midcap rally or whatever cap rally – we need to take that out of our minds. Focus on good businesses irrespective of whether they are large cap, midcap, small cap.” Ching's Secret is an amazing brand. We all have tasted it sometimes. If it actually goes Tata Consumer's way, do you think it will really be an important addition because this category clearly is showing a lot of promise here in India? Whether the Ching's Secret deal materialises or not, if you look at what is happening with the Tata group after Chandra has taken over, is there a very specific focus on some of these large businesses that they have and consumer is one of them? There is a continuous process of coming out with new products, expanding the market, distribution etc. So Ching's Secret would actually be a good addition, I mean the products are excellent.

India is expected to contribute over 16 percent of global growth as economic reforms in key sectors like infrastructure and digitalisation have made India a "star performer" among countries, as per the International Monetary Fund (IMF), PTI reported. "What we have been observing for quite some time now is that India has been growing at a very robust rate. It's one of the star performers when it comes to real growth when you look at peer countries.

financial crisis. Schiff’s recommendation to divest from the US stock and bond market, coupled with his emphasis on the risks associated with government and corporate debt, necessitates a thorough examination. He contends that the immense levels of government and corporate debt within the US market are unsustainable.

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks kept to a tight range on Tuesday as a recent post-Federal Reserve rally appeared to be cooling, while Japanese markets shot up after the Bank of Japan maintained its ultra-dovish course.

Joe Biden, warning that European technology regulations are unfairly targeting US companies and not including many Chinese or EU firms, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Monday. Under the European Union's Digital Markets Act (DMA), five major US tech companies — Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft — were designated «gatekeeper» service providers. From March 2024, these companies — as well as TikTok's Chinese owner ByteDance — will be required to make their messaging apps work with rivals and let users choose which ones they want pre-installed on their devices.

Sailesh Raj Bhan, CIO, Nippon India Mutual Fund, says today with growth being back, PSU banks have the capital and capacity to lend which is not available or it is very tough to find in other pockets of the market, This is one space where valuations still are way reasonable. Most of them are one-time books and their ROEs have all started to improve and are now materially higher. So, some level of re-rating in this category does seem probable and certainly a better risk reward space within the available options today.” There was a time when PSU banks were bailed out. The government had to infuse capital because they were on the verge of an existential crisis. BOI has raised money via QIP route and J&K Bank has hit the market. So, the cycle has turned for PSU banks and these stocks are still trading way below their private sector counterparts. Do you think for PSU banks what started as a spark could ultimately be a very good rally for 2024 and beyond also? In public sector banks, the growth is still not there and it is likely to come in the next two or three years because the whole investment lending which will likely to happen and that growth is certainly going to be rewarded by markets because earlier the bigger issue was the banks have constraint for capital and we are not growing and hence any level of valuation was unjustified in the context of the market.

The admissions from these usually gloomy forecasters mark a turning point after they advised clients to stay cautious on US stocks this year — even as the market surged toward double-digit gains that have left major indexes at or near record highs. Heading into 2023, prognosticators had warned that higher rates would tip the economy into recession and erode corporate earnings, spurring an equities selloff. Instead, the labor market, consumers and US firms have been resilient, propelling the S&P 500 to a roughly 24% advance. Some strategists still dug in their heels, saying that the lagged impact of elevated borrowing costs would eventually deliver a reality check to investors.

Investing.com-- The Bank of Japan left interest rates in negative territory as widely expected on Tuesday, and said it will continue with its yield curve control measures to support Japanese economic growth. 

The S&P 500 (SPX) closed 2.5% higher last week, which marked the 7th straight week of gains. The index is now very close to posting fresh record highs as it returns to trade above 4700 for the first time since January 2022. Overall, the S&P 500 is up about 15% from the October lows.

By Leika Kihara

BENGALURU (Reuters) -India's economy is projected to grow at 6.3% in the current fiscal year and the next, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said late Monday, supported by macroeconomic and financial stability.

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. plans to ramp up its credit business in India and sees an increasing opportunity to target the nation’s wealthy diaspora as global investors shift their focus from China to what is now the world’s fastest-growing major economy. The investment bank wants to broaden the range of loans it offers through its shadow banking unit, according to Sonjoy Chatterjee, chairman and chief executive officer for Goldman in India.

By Rae Wee

Investing.com-- The Bank of Japan is widely expected to maintain interest rates at negative levels later on Tuesday, amid continued signals from central bank officials that they are in no hurry to tighten policy.

2023, as startups went ahead with major restructuring to conserve cash and prioritise verticals essential for continued operations, amid a persistent funding winter. Startups have been the worst hit this year since the highs of aggressive hiring from 2021, data from Longhouse Consulting shared exclusively with ET showed. These companies fired more than 20,000 in 2022 and 4,080 in 2021.

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed

NEW DELHI : The government in collaboration with the World Bank is working on a proposal to improve air conditioning technology—in anticipation of a spike in use over the next 20 years—to cut carbon emissions, said a senior government official. These super-efficient air conditioners will be 30-40% better than the 5-star ones available now.

By Martin Coulter

SAO PAULO (Reuters) — The new CEO of Brazilian lender Bradesco, Marcelo Noronha, sees an open window for public offerings in the country next year, he said on Monday, mentioning falling interest rates in the United States and stronger growth in Brazil.

By Jonathan Saul