A chance to buy stocks cheaper may be round the corner

In our previous issue, we had predicted that a decline of around 10% or so was round the corner. Instead of declining, the Sensex has reversed and gone higher. More importantly, contrary to our expectation, there was no pressure on the global market from the US. In fact, massive selling by insiders, low short positions, increase in...

Brace yourself for a decline – and pick up solid mid-cap stocks

From a low of about 8,000 in early March, the Sensex has almost doubled. There seem to be no clouds on the horizon for the markets. Marketmen are looking forward to a Sensex level of 17,000 and beyond. But then, this has been the expectation for quite a while now. Look closer. The Sensex had hit 15,600 on 12th June. At the...

Earnings surprise has changed the basic market complexion

When price is the only tool to understand market movements, there are a lot of sceptics. But when price moves are backed by fundamentals, it is a different story altogether. The rally from  6th March initially seemed to be a correction to the steep decline in February. The global economy appeared in terrible shape. The intrepid...