G Chokkalingam

We need to learn from China and ban short-selling. This would reduce the speculative hammering of the stocks and thereby help in stabilising the markets.

Overall market-cap is down by Rs 22 lakh crore, mostly by the small-and-mid cap stocks. Nearly 1,000 stocks are down by 50% from heir peak prices.

What would worry the market or bring in long bearish phase is any possible instability at the Centre in terms of any National Party being forced to depend on too many political parties

Clouds and a silver lining - that's what two experts see in the Indian equity market horizon this year