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No easy contrarian sectoral bets left? SBI MF’s Dinesh Balachandran explains what investors should do nowDinesh Balachandran, Head–Investments, SBI Funds Management, runs some of SBI Mutual Fund’s (MF) largest schemes, including SBI Contra Fund...
Mother’s Day 2026: Why mutual fund SIPs, emergency funds, and insurance are essential for mothersFinancial experts emphasize smart planning for mothers' future security, urging early and consistent investing. Flexi-cap and large-cap fun...
Best value funds to invest in April 2026Value investing has dominated the Indian stock market, with value funds delivering strong returns while growth funds lagged. While simple i...
Capital market stocks: Time to change strategy? 10 stocks from different parts of the ecosystemThe capital market infrastructure sector has grown into a full-fledged, publicly-traded ecosystem. Today, investors can pick from exchanges...
Axis Mutual Fund’s Jayesh Sundar picks 3 contra ideas that may surprise in 2026Axis Mutual Fund's Jayesh Sundar outlines a calibrated contrarian roadmap for 2026, identifying IT, FMCG, and select export plays as key op...
Contra bet! With 68% AUM jump in April, what’s fueling rally in this equity MF category?In April, contra/value equity mutual funds witnessed a 68% AUM jump to Rs 1,57,946 crore, attracting investors with a higher risk appetite....
Shyam Metalics QIP: Madhusudan Kela’s trust gets over 5% allotment. Reliance Commercial Infra corners highest portionIn its filing to the exchanges on Friday, Shyam Metalics informed that the company's QIB Committee had approved the issue and allotment of ...
These equity schemes never offered negative returns in last five yearsWe considered equity categories such as large cap, mid cap, large & mid cap, small cap, ELSS, multi cap, focused funds, value & contra fund...
Steve Romick's tips to become a great contrarian value investorRomick is the founding partner of First Pacific Advisors, a Los Angeles-based institutional investment firm. He serves as portfolio manager...
Invesco India Contra Fund: Fund reviewOne of the key features of the scheme is that it is well diversified in terms of market capitalisation.
L&T India Value Fund: Fund ReviewL&T India Value Fund is one of the most consistent performer in its category and investors can invest with a minimum time horizon of five y...
Invesco India Contra Fund: Fund ReviewIn the past three- and five-year periods, it has given 16% and 19% returns while its peers logged 12% and 15% returns during the same perio...
Should you invest in newly-created mutual fund categories?The re-categorisation of mutual funds has led to the formation of many new fund categories.
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Won't get a 2008-like opportunity where everything was so cheap: Nilesh Shah, Axis Capital"Public sector banks have run up in terms of valuation and there is supply emerging. So, that kind of trade can give you value."
- We would like to go overweight on the auto sector: Prashanth Y Narayan
We would be willing to allocate or go overweight on the auto sector because of good beneficiaries of the rate cut.
- Investing in Indian markets today would be a contrarian call: Hiren Ved, Alchemy Capital
India is facing cyclical headwinds within a structural growth story and the developed markets are seeing a structural tailwind because of l...
- Dynamics of growth will make Indian market expensive: Anish Jhaveri, Antique Stock Broking
If any industry in the world has to chase India, the dynamics of growth will always make India expensive, says Anish Jhaveri of Antique Sto...
- Sensex to touch 24000 sometime during the year: Raamdeo Agrawal
Raamdeo Agrawal, Jt. MD, Motilal Oswal Fin Serv, talks about contra investing and his contra calls.
Not expecting Sensex to cross 20,000 levels for next 6 months: Dinesh Thakkar, Angel Broking"Mkt could be in region of say like 5% here and there but not to cross 20K levels for sure in the next 6 mths," says Dinesh Thakkar of Ange...