Market Volatility

Adhere to asset allocation and do not allow recent volatility in US market faze you

Combining various asset classes in a portfolio can mitigate the risk inherent in a single-asset portfolio

According to a recent industry report, SIPs account for over half of the total assets under management (AUMs) of smallcap funds, with midcaps following closely

Stock markets go up and down for different reasons, and they have nothing to do with taxation; tax rates and stock market are different issues, said Economic Affairs Secretary Ajay Seth

The two-day BS Manthan event, scheduled for February 27 and 28 at the Taj Palace in New Delhi, marks a milestone as it coincides with the 50th anniversary of Business Standard's publication

From Donald Trump's tariff imposition to lower-than-expected capex allocation in Budget 2025 here are key reasons why the Sensex and Nifty fell

Implied volatility over 3-month, 6-month period remains elevated

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Last year, the firm ditched a more market-based pricing policy in favor of one that gave it more flexibility to smooth out price swings

Factors contributing to the buying spree among Foreign Institutional Investors include stabilisation of the Indian rupee and positive sentiment regarding India's growth story

Volatility in Indian equities has been subdued over the past year, compared to US and Hong Kong stocks, but traders are bracing for potential swings around parliamentary election results

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Some new-age technology companies might be in trouble as the PE tap has dried up. However, one cannot generalise the same for the entire sector, Lunavat said in this interview

The year rupee remained the most stable against the dollar in nearly three decades

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) what the capital markets regulator intends to do for ensuring the protection of investors from extreme volatility in the stock market. While hearing a batch of pleas concerning the Adani-Hindenburg row, a bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud observed one of the principal reasons which led the apex court to intervene in these petitions was the extreme volatility of stock market. "Now what does SEBI intend to do to protect this kind of volatility... which leads to a loss of investor value," the bench, also comprising justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who was representing the SEBI. "Has SEBI looked at whether it is necessary to tighten the regulations. What is SEBI intending to do in terms of ensuring the protection of investors," the bench said. "We must," Mehta said. The bench said SEBI has to take steps to ensure that instances of loss of investo

Earlier this month, Moody's lowered its outlook on the US credit rating to "negative" from "stable" citing large fiscal deficits and a decline in debt affordability

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BSE's market share in the cash segment stood at 6.92 per cent

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Sunday came out with a proposal to strengthen the existing price band formulation for scrips in the derivatives segment to deepen volatility management and minimize information asymmetry in the market. Price bands for scrip or a derivative contract represent the boundaries within which the competing orders of buyers and sellers are accepted for the day by the trading system of the stock exchange. For scrips having derivative contracts on them, these price bands are dynamic and can be flexed depending on trading during the day. In its consultation paper, Sebi has proposed that in case a share in the futures and options segment falls or rises beyond 20 per cent a day, cooling off period should be increased in a phased manner, subject to a maximum cooling-off period of one hour from the current 15 minutes at present. After this, such scrip should be permitted to move only a further up to 2 per cent as against the current limit of 5 per cent. The ...

This segment attracting such inflows despite long term capital gain being taken away in the previous month is a strong indication of what is lying ahead