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Indian equity markets in 2025 especially in the second half as corporate earnings pick up and the euphoria of the Trump Presidency wanes in the US,” says Nishit Master, Portfolio Manager, Axis Securities PMS. In an interview with ETMarkets, Master said: “We expect India to be one of the fastest growing major economies for 2025 which will make it more attractive for FPIs as an investment destination especially since after the recent correction, market valuations have become more reasonable,” Edited excerpts:

buy call on Shriram Finance Ltd. with a target price of Rs 700. The current market price of Shriram Finance Ltd. is Rs 523.15. Shriram Finance, incorporated in 1979, is a Large Cap company with a market cap of Rs 98546.79 crore, operating in NBFC sector. Shriram Finance's key products/revenue segments include Interest, Other Operating Revenue, Fees & Commission Income, Income From Financial Services, Income From Sale Of Share & Securities, Dividend and Rental Income for the year ending 31-Mar-2024.

National Weather Service pushed back its unusually dire warning of critical fire weather until early the following day.

Axis Securities has an overweight call on Lupin with a target price of Rs 2600. The current market price of Lupin is Rs 2160. Lupin, incorporated in 1983, is a Large Cap company with a market cap of Rs 99094.85 crore, operating in the pharmaceuticals sector. Lupin's key products/revenue segments include Pharmaceuticals, Other Services, Export Incentives, Other Operating Revenue and Scrap for the year ending 31-Mar-2024.

Rakesh Rawal, CEO, Anand Rathi Wealth, says expects to deliver the revised guidance that they have given of about Rs 900 plus crore of revenue and Rs 290 crore of profit. Sequentially, the numbers have come largely flattish. What led to this moderation? What is the expectation from Q4 now? Are you expecting a bit of a reversal or a recovery or do you anticipate more of the same? Rakesh Rawal: In our company, what we look for is year to year growth and that is why we have a very good first quarter and then we have flattish other quarters. From a year-to-year growth perspective, we have maintained the 30% plus growth in both revenues as well as in profits. We should be able to deliver the revised guidance that we have given of about Rs 900 plus crore of revenue and Rs 290 crore of profit.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Gone are those simpler times when a finance minister of the country could tell Parliament, as Manmohan Singh had in 1992, that he does not lose sleep over stock markets. While those who invest in shares directly or via mutual funds are still relatively few—India has some 180 million demat accounts and a little over 40 million mutual fund folios, with a considerable overlap between the two—the number of Indians with indirect exposure to stock prices via retirement savings and insurance policies would be about 350 million.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In business there is no surer sign of distress than when a firm delays its financial results. That also appears to be true of business schools.

Berkshire Hathaway Chairman Warren Buffett urged readers to come «inhale the air, drink the water» and attend the company's annual shareholder meeting in Omaha, his hometown. The letter, a document pored over by shareholders, analysts and press every year for insights into the legendary investor's thinking, playfully sought to link the success of his conglomerate with the setting of the heartland city, in eastern Nebraska along the Iowa border.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon has suddenly take to criticizing the Biden government, based on the massive victory by Donald Trump in the US Presidential elections 2024. Dimon has stated that the US elections 2024 was mostly about doing away with a 'swamp, ineffective government'.

Spain is planning a raft of measures to address its brewing housing crisis, including an up to 100% tax on properties bought by non-European Union residents

drug overdose. The man, who was being transported to the hospital in an ambulance, had his heart stop beating. Medical professionals were sure there was little hope for him. However, after three minutes, the man unexpectedly revived, leaving the doctors stunned.

Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS) in 2016, sceptics shrugged it off as another bureaucratic black hole. Seven years later, results speak volumes about its success: Rs 11,688 cr committed through 151   AIFs, catalysing a capital pool of around Rs 81,000 cr. An investment of Rs 21,277 cr has already been made in 1,173 startups. Beyond these numbers lies a compelling story of how appropriate policy design has changed India's entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Delhi under the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has shot up more than 600% over the past 10 years.

IT services firm, HCLTech, is changing its strategic direction towards evolving GenAI-led transformation as client demand is seeing an uptick, chief executive and managing director C Vijayakumar told ET.

Michelle Obama is currently staying distant from major political events, especially after the 2024 US Presidential elections, and Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony on January 20, is going to be the next on this list, as per reports.

Singapore’s Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) has raised alarm over a significant rise in "sham marriages" — unions arranged for the sole purpose of securing immigration benefits. These marriages, often arranged by syndicates, predominantly involve Singaporean men marrying foreign women in exchange for payment, granting the women the ability to stay or work in Singapore. The ICA recorded 32 such cases between January and September 2024, a sharp increase compared to just four cases in the same period in 2023.

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Klarna has agreed a major new distribution partnership with fellow fintech unicorn Stripe, in a bid to expand reach and add more merchants in the lead-up to its upcoming listing in the U.S.

Wall Street pointed modestly higher ahead of this week’s latest U.S. inflation reports and the unofficial start of earnings season

insurance market is projected to be the G20's fastest-growing economy over the next five years, with total premium volumes — life and non-life — up 7.3 per cent in real terms on average each year aided by macroeconomic stability and the conducive regulatory environment, a report said on Tuesday. Life insurance, the mainstay of India's insurance market, accounts for 74 per cent of total premium volumes, according to a Swiss Re report on the insurance market outlook for India.