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Monthly Moves: Nifty and Sensex do 5%, YTD Return Crosses 20%

June turned out to be a pretty good month for markets. The Nifty went up 5.3%, and ended above 7600. This takes 2014 to a +20.7% year to June, the second best ...

Lack of -4% Moves Makes For Calmest Nifty in 5 Years

How volatile markets were and how little they are today is visible on a graph of large moves. How many times has Nifty fallen 4% in a single day? 66 times. How ...

Two Events That “Shook” Markets but FIIs Bought 1100 cr. of Stocks Today

Two things have happened recently that have produced a small scare. One, that Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, has said interest rates could rise ...

Sell in May and Go Away Except When It’s A Darn Good Year Already

The Nifty, Year to Date, till May has had the second best return since 1999, eclipsed only by the stellar return in 2009. Will it sustain? In most earlier ...

Monthly Returns: Best Month of 2014 at 8% in May

Great Election month on the Nifty. Nothing like 2009, of course, which has a 28% green number that might not be repeated in the near future. But still, 8% for ...

Nifty Uptrend Lasts 254 days Without 10% Correction, Second Longest Ever

It’s a new high! The Nifty crossed 6850 to make another new all-time-high. Here’s some key metrics, in a single chart: We haven’t seen a 10% trend change ...

Monthly Moves: April Stagnates, May is Traditionally Volatile

In Monthly Moves we notice that the Nifty has slowed down, with April being a stagnating month, giving a -0.1% return on the Nifty and +0.1% on the Sensex. ...

Nifty EPS growth at 7%, P/E at 19

After many results have come in, the Nifty EPS (earnings per share) calculated on a standalone basis is at Rs. 355. This has moved from a base of Rs. 209 five ...

ATH: Index Peaks But How Many Index Stocks Are Close to All Time Highs?

While the Nifty is near its all time highs, it’s just an index of a bunch of stocks. How many of those are close to their all time highs? We introduce the ...

Markets: Feb Moves +3%, but March Sees +4% Already

I’ve just realized I forgot to do the monthly move post for February. Not only has Feb been a good month for the markets with a 3% move, March till the 7th ...