3431: Setting Sail | Here's why Wakefit transitioned from mattress brand to home solutions provider
The Sequoia-backed company created a storm in the marketing sector last year, when it came up with the ‘sleep internship,’ which paid people to sleep. Today, this mattress company is evolving to a home solutions provider and is also reported to be in talks to raise $50 million. The round is expected to take its valuation to $350-400 million. Started around five years ago, Wakefit has come a lo...
22m Jul 05, 2021
22m
3429: Hot Stocks | 'Can bet on BSE, Jyothy Laboratories for short term'
The week ended July 2 was probably the dullest week in the last 15 months that our markets experienced. There are instances when key indices witness some consolidation and trade in a slender range, but mostly during such times, the action continues in individual themes and there are ample opportunities available in the market to keep traders engrossed. Barring last Friday, stock-specific move...
2m Jul 05, 2021
2m
3428: The Private Market Show | Structure and scale your angel investments
In this episode of "The Private Market Show", brought to you by  Moneycontrol.com (https://www.moneycontrol.com/) and LetsVenture (https://bit.ly/3wsuO0j) , we talk to entrepreneur and investor Kunal Bahl. Kunal is one of the few founder who angel invests in a structured way via Titan Capital. Kunal talks about what 3 things he looks in startups before he invest and why he believes looking at ...
35m Jul 03, 2021
35m
3427: D-Street Talk | Time to move over from H R I T H I K stocks to A K S H A Y stock to tap into emerging opportunities: Kshitiz Mahajan of Complete Circle Consultants
It is time to move from H R I T H I K, an acronym used for HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries, ITC, Tata Consultancy Services, HDFC Ltd, Infosys Technologies and Kotak Mahindra Bank to A K S H A Y stocks to tap into emerging market opportunities, says Kshitiz Mahajan, Co-Founder at Complete Circle Consultants Pvt Ltd in a D-Street Talk podcast with Moneycontrol. The acronym A K S H A Y stands for ...
15m Jul 02, 2021
15m
3426: Small, Beautiful & Strong | Payables
Welcome to the special podcast series -Small, Beautiful & Strong- that dives deep into how India’s small and medium businesses have reorganised through technological innovation and other improvements. This episode examines how small businesses have managed expenses through technology and other innovations of management with payment processes. This series is brought to you by Moneycontrol (htt...
11m Jul 02, 2021
11m
3425: Hot Stocks | Cummins India, Tata Elxsi, IGL could give over 10% return in short term
The Nifty50 on the monthly time frame has been forming a higher high, and higher low pattern that indicates that the trend of the benchmark index from a long-term perspective remains strongly bullish. Coming down to the weekly chart, we can see that the prices have been facing rejection near the 16,000 mark for about 4 weeks. From a price action point of view, the index has been witnessing fa...
4m Jul 02, 2021
4m
3424: Small, Beautiful & Strong | Working Capital
Welcome to the special podcast series -Small, Beautiful & Strong- that dives deep into how India’s small and medium businesses have reorganised through technological innovation and other improvements. This episode examines how small businesses have managed expenses through technology and other innovations to offset disorderly income flows. This series is brought to you by Moneycontrol (https:...
13m Jul 01, 2021
13m
3423: Hot Stocks | ICICI Lombard, Info Edge & IGL top buy ideas; here’s why
The Nifty50 continued to trade lower on the daily chart for the third straight day after forming a Bearish Engulfing candlestick pattern on 28th June. It can be observed on the daily chart that the index is forming a smaller degree Rounding Top formation, and it can also be called as distribution phase as prices are moving lower. From the last six trading sessions, the benchmark index is trad...
3m Jul 01, 2021
3m
3421: Future Wise | Do education loans from niche NBFCs work better?
With the board exam results around the corner, students from across the country are getting closer to pursuing their higher education courses in India and abroad. Here, financing their degree seems to be a major concern for candidates. India now has education-focussed NBFCs that could come to the rescue. In this episode of Future Wise, Moneycontrol's M Saraswathy talks to Amit Gainda, CEO, Avan...
16m Jun 30, 2021
16m
3422: Simply Save | Know the COVID-19 claim hiccups you can avoid
Since last year, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the Indian shores, insurers, hospitals and policyholders have been mired in several disputes over claims.  While you can always escalate your complaints if you feel your insurer has rejected your claims unfairly, in some cases you need to be vigilant to ensure that you have a watertight case. Non-disclosure of pre-existing diseases at the time of...
8m Jun 30, 2021
8m
3420: Hot Stocks | Alkem Laboratories, Ajanta Pharma, Larsen & Toubro Infotech can give up to 17% return in short term
The Indian market witnessed selling pressure at higher levels as Nifty slipped below 15,750 due to profit booking on June 29. Metal and auto space along with banking counter dragged the market while pharma and FMCG showed some buying interest. On the derivatives front, Call writers were observed adding hefty open interest at 15,800 and 15,900 strikes while Put writers were seen shifting to lo...
4m Jun 30, 2021
4m
3419: Hot Stocks | Tata Elxsi, CSB Bank, CCL Products can give up to 12% return in short term
Nifty registered a new all-time high of 15,915.65 in intraday trade on June 28. However, the index failed to sustain at higher levels and witnessed a profit-booking thereafter. For the last five trading sessions, Nifty has been consolidating in a narrow range of 15,700-15,900. This range needs to be taken out on a sustainable basis for the momentum to get back in favour of bulls. Nifty Midcap...
4m Jun 29, 2021
4m
3418: Hot Stocks | Can bet on Cummins India, SBI Life Insurance Company for short term
The market managed to register its highest ever weekly close slightly below 15,900 for the week ended June 25. In our previous weekly commentary, we had advocated some caution considering the formation of the hanging man pattern on the weekly chart. To activate this, the prices should have slipped below 15,450, but since it reversed from 15,500, the pattern was not confirmed. Also, we had sha...
3m Jun 28, 2021
3m
3417: The Private Market Show | Syndicates are disrupting early-stage startup investing: Arun Tadanki
In this episode of The Private Market Show, brought to you by Moneycontrol.com (https://www.moneycontrol.com/) and LetsVenture (https://bit.ly/3wsuO0j) , we have with us Arun Tadanki, who angel invests full time via his private syndicate Waveform Ventures on LetsVenture. Arun shares his views on how syndicates are an innovative way to angel invest, how the structure is a win-win for both, the ...
36m Jun 26, 2021
36m
3416: D-Street Talk | This fund manager managing over Rs 90000 cr in AUM likes largecaps over smallcaps now
Midcap & smallcap indices might have rallied 20-40% so far in 2021 compared to about 13 percent return in the Nifty50, and BSE largecap index, it is time to turn cautious as valuations for the broader market look stretched, says Mihir Vora, Senior Director & Chief Investment Officer, Max Life Insurance in a D-Street Talk podcast with Moneycontrol. Mihir has more than two decades of in-depth ex...
8m Jun 25, 2021
8m
3415: Hot Stocks | Titan, BEl, PEL can give up to 34% return in short term
In the last couple of trading sessions, we have witnessed profit-booking in Nifty near lifetime high levels. It moved below 15,700 but sustained above the 20-day simple moving average (SMA) which indicates the primary bullish trend is intact for the short to medium term. On the weekly timeframe, Nifty has been forming an indecisive candle pattern for the last three weeks. This shows fatigue ...
3m Jun 25, 2021
3m
3414: Hot Stocks | IRCTC, Maharashtra Seamless, Asian Paints three short term trading ideas
Nifty on the daily chart has formed a double top pattern at around 15,900. Momentum oscillator RSI (14) has drifted lower from 70 level which is an overbought zone for the indictor and it has given a breakdown of a horizontal trendline and settled below 60 level with bearish crossover on the daily timeframe. The recent fall in the Nifty50 was arrested near its 21-day exponential moving averag...
4m Jun 24, 2021
4m
3413: Future Wise | Unlock India: Back to office soon?
While the COVID-19 cases across India are slowly decreasing and the vaccination pace is going up, corporates have begun firming up plans to begin physical offices. Employees are being encouraged to take their vaccination shots on one hand while hybrid work model is also being studied. But what are the practices to keep in mind in this 'back-to-office' phase? In this episode of Future Wise, Mon...
11m Jun 23, 2021
11m
3412: Hot Stocks | Britannia Industries, Info Edge, Sun TV Network can give up to 13% return in short term
Bulls made a strong comeback in the Indian market as the equity benchmark Sensex hit its all-time high of 53,057 on June 22 while Nifty remained just short of retesting its record high. Banking counters witnessed sluggish moves while the auto sector gave some momentum to the market. On the technical front, Bank Nifty is facing a strong hurdle in the zone of 35,200-35,500. We expect the bankin...
4m Jun 23, 2021
4m
3411: Simply Save | What is holding back mutual fund's penetration in smaller towns?
SEBI (https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/tags/sebi.html) has been pushing mutual fund industry to widen its reach in smaller towns and cities. In industry parlance, these markets are called as B30 towns. Simply put, these are cities and towns that are beyond the top-30 cities. Data shows that just little over 18 percent of investor assets managed by mutual fund industry, come from B30 locations...
20m Jun 22, 2021
20m
3410: Policy Talk | Growth of Payment industry is a risk : Nachiket Mor
After six years, last week, the RBI gave out a new banking license to the acquirers of a distressed cooperative bank. Banking remains one of the few sectors of the Indian economy where license raj is well and truly alive. The claim, a well-justified one, is that licensing controls the risk of systemic failure, but it has resulted in an environment where several sectors are credit-starved; the c...
37m Jun 22, 2021
37m
3409: Hot Stocks | Maithan Alloys, Rupa & Company, Mastek can give up to 20% return in short term
Nifty fell sharply in morning trade on June 21 due to a sharp fall in the Asian markets and overnight weakness in US markets. However, from the intraday low, Nifty recovered 241 points to end the day with a gain of 63 points at 15,746.50. Last Friday, the benchmark index made a low of 15,450 and bounced back sharply. This support coincides with the previous all-time high level of 11,432 which...
4m Jun 22, 2021
4m
3408: Small, Beautiful & Strong | Business Not As Usual
Welcome to the special podcast series -Small, Beautiful & Strong- that dives deep into how India’s small and medium businesses have reorganised through technological innovation and other improvements. In this episode we examine the path for small businesses to the “new normal” powered by the engines of technology and digitisation.  This series is brought to you by Moneycontrol (https://www.mo...
12m Jun 21, 2021
12m
3407: Hot Stocks | Why HDFC Life is a buy, but UPL a sell call for short-term
Nifty fell 0.7 percent in the week ended June 18, snapping its winning streak of the last four consecutive weeks. Last week, we saw a lot of churning in sectors where defensive spaces like FMCG and IT showed some strength. Metals had a terrible week as we saw an almost 7 percent cut in the index. Despite some recovery, the banking index ended the week with a loss of over a percent. Nifty Midca...
3m Jun 21, 2021
3m
3406: The Private Market Show | One empire company can inspire a whole ecosystem of companies: Sumon Sadhu
In this episode of "The Private Market Show", brought to you by  Moneycontrol.com (https://www.moneycontrol.com/) and LetsVenture (https://bit.ly/3wsuO0j) , we talk to Sumon Sadhu, a staunch 'thesis-driven angel investor' active in 7 geographies. Sumon dives into how he thinks while creating an investment thesis, spot a mega-trend and time your investment. To know about how angels like him 'co...
57m Jun 19, 2021
57m
3405: Simply Save | Are the SEBI penalties against Franklin Templeton AMC enough? Lawyers of investors share their views
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) (https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/tags/sebi.html) has released several orders against Franklin Templeton Asset Management Company (FT AMC), which it plans to appeal against.  SEBI in its orders has levied a penalty of Rs 512 crore against the FT AMC, as well penalties on various employees of the fund house. (https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/...
10m Jun 18, 2021
10m
3404: D-Street Talk | 2023 will be the first full year of earnings recovery, says Kenneth Andrade
Investors should be cautious and selective amid record highs on D-Street and the big earnings recovery which the street is waiting for could well come in 2023, says Kenneth Andrade, founder, and chief investment officer at Old Bridge Capital Management said in a D-Street Talk podcast with Moneycontrol. Kenneth has over 30 years of experience in Indian Capital Markets, portfolio management, and...
7m Jun 18, 2021
7m
3403: Hot Stocks | Tata Consumer Products, Minda Industries, Infosys three trading ideas for short term
Nifty on monthly timeframe has been forming a higher high higher low pattern, indicating that the trend of the benchmark index from a long-term perspective remains strongly bullish. Coming down to the weekly chart, we can see that the index has been holding the 20-week simple moving average (SMA) since June 2020 and has been finding support near it in every correction. On the option open inte...
4m Jun 18, 2021
4m
3402: Hot Stocks | Tata Steel, ICICI Bank two trading ideas for short term
Nifty on June 16 opened marginally lower and remained under pressure. The previous day's Doji at the top indicated towards an evening star kind of a pattern and yesterday’s selloff has given the first indication of the probable short-term top. Market participants took money off the table ahead of the Fed meet outcome. Nifty's 50-day exponential moving average and 20-day exponential moving ave...
3m Jun 17, 2021
3m
3401: Future Wise | Is there e-learning fatigue with extended lockdown?
Amidst the extended lockdown due to the second wave of COVID-19, Indian professionals are still working from home. There is also a 'Zoom' fatigue that refers to exhaustion over long video conferences and virtual calls. But does this extend to online learning as well?  In this episode of Future Wise, Moneycontrol's M Saraswathy talks to Apurva Sheth, Executive Director and Head of Corporate bus...
9m Jun 16, 2021
9m
3400: Hot Stocks | Can bet on Mahanagar Gas, Hindustan Unilever, HDFC Life Insurance Company for short term
Nifty surged to its all-time highs once again and continued its winning streak for the fourth consecutive session on June 15 as bulls took the charge firmly, tracking optimism in global markets despite rising inflation concerns. Nifty ended at 15,869 as FMCG counter boosted sentiment. From the banking space, ICICI Bank and Axis Bank also contributed to gains in Bank Nifty. On the derivative f...
3m Jun 16, 2021
3m
3399: Hot Stocks | Oberoi Realty, Motilal Oswal Financial Services, Avenue Supermarts can give up to 19% return in short term
Nifty managed to hold above the previous swing low of 15,566. It closed at its new all-time high on June 14. Bank Nifty ended the session with a bullish hammer candlestick pattern on the daily chart. It found support on the upward sloping trendline, adjoining the daily lows of April 22 and May 14, 2021. Nifty Midcap and small-cap indices also managed to hold above important support levels. A...
5m Jun 15, 2021
5m
3398: Hot Stocks | 'Caplin Point Laboratories and Balkrishna Industries two trading ideas for the short term'
Nifty gained 0.82 percent last week which was mainly led by handsome gains of 4.52 percent in Nifty IT. The Nifty Midcap 50 index, too, added another 2.57 percent to its kitty. However, the banking index remained laggard by losing over half a percent. If Nifty has to reach the milestone of 16,000 and or move beyond it, Bank Nifty needs to surpass the sturdy wall of 36,000. If it fails to do so...
3m Jun 14, 2021
3m
3397: The Private Market Show | Be mentally prepared for losses before investing in private markets: Raghunandan G. Raghu
In today’s episode of The Private Market Show, brought to you by Moneycontrol.com (https://www.moneycontrol.com/) and LetsVenture.com (https://letsventure.com/) , we have with us, founder turned Investor, Raghunandan G. Raghu.  After 6 years of helping scores of founders as a navigator and angel investor, Raghu is back in the driver’s seat with his startup Zolve - a cross border neo-bank that’...
36m Jun 12, 2021
36m
3396: Hot Stocks | Infosys, HCL Tech, Deepak Nitrite can give up to 26% return in short term
Nifty ended 0.65 percent higher at 15,737.75 on June 10. On the weekly timeframe, the index is maintaining its bullish formation of the higher top higher bottom which means the medium to longer-term uptrend is still intact but some correction may happen in the short term. It remains above the long-term moving averages of 50, 100 and 200-day SMA. Momentum indicator RSI plotted on the daily tim...
5m Jun 11, 2021
5m
3395: Hot Stocks | Here's why Escorts, RIL, Dr Lal PathLabs are buy calls for short term
Nifty on June 9 opened marginally higher and registered its lifetime high of 15,800 after witnessing consolidation in the initial trading hours. A sudden spell of selling emerged in the second half of the trading session and prices failed to sustain their higher high higher bottom formation on the intraday chart and the index closed below 15,650. Nifty has given a decisive breakdown of a risi...
5m Jun 10, 2021
5m
3394: Future Wise | Is India catching up with the globe in online skilling?
Online learning platform Coursera has launched the 2021 Coursera Global Skills Report (GSR). Every year, Coursera’s Global Skills Index (GSI) gives an in-depth look at the state of skills and gives details about where countries stand, what skills they are good at and where do they lag behind. So, what does the data show this year?  In this episode of Future Wise, Moneycontrol's M Saraswathy ta...
12m Jun 09, 2021
12m
3393: Hot Stocks | Can bet on TCS, L&T Finance Holdings, Ramco Cements for short term
Nifty started the week on a positive note after three consecutive weeks of gains to hit fresh record highs. However, the market witnessed thin movement and was seen trading in a consolidation mode as traders shifted to stock-specific moves. Derivative data suggests that the market is likely to follow consolidation mode in the upcoming sessions as well as both call writers and put writers are ...
3m Jun 09, 2021
3m
3391: Hot Stocks | Graphite India, Kajaria Ceramics, Globus Spirits can give up to 17% return in short term
After a pause last Friday, Nifty resumed its upward journey on Monday where it gained 81 points to close at a new all-time high level of 15,752. With intermediate and long-term momentum readings like the 14-week and 14-month RSI in rising mode and not showing any signs of negative divergence, we expect the uptrend to continue. Also, plus DMI is placed above the minus DMI while the ADX is plac...
4m Jun 08, 2021
4m
3392: Simply Save | Which is better to invest, index funds or exchange traded funds?
Investor interest in passively-managed funds has been rising. Investors can make their passive investments through index funds, as well as exchange traded funds (ETFs). While both these types of funds can be used for passive investing, there are quite a few differences between the two that investors should be aware about.  For example, in an ETF you can end up investing at a premium to the in...
16m Jun 07, 2021
16m
3390: Hot Stocks | Here's why Federal-Mogul Goetze, Grasim Industries are buy calls for short term
The kind of price action we have been witnessing for the last few days, the commentary would sound a bit repetitive because there is nothing different to talk about. As we have been mentioning, every 100 points upside should be treated as immediate resistance and now this level comes at 15,800. Considering the Fibonacci ratios, we do not see any major hurdle before 16,000 and hence, even if t...
3m Jun 07, 2021
3m
3389: The Private Market Show | If you don't invest in private markets, you probably will miss the opportunity of a lifetime- Nithin Kamath
Welcome to The Private Market Show, brought to you by LetsVenture.com and Moneycontrol.com - where we talk about the nuances of investing in India’s private market and where the underlying asset is actually innovative technology, new markets and good ol’ enterprise! Investing in private markets is about investing in startups and this can take many manifestations, which we will uncover on our sh...
34m Jun 05, 2021
34m
3388: D-Street Talk | Aashish Somaiyaa of White Oak talks about markets @ record highs, earnings & Small & midcaps
Aashish Somaiyaa, CEO – White Oak Capital, said that he is cautious on markets right now, and a little surprised with the enthusiasm and the sustained rise in the markets. Somaiyaa has over 20 years of experience in business strategy and management, process-driven sales and distribution, product development, and marketing of investment offerings. Prior to joining White Oak Capital, Aashish ser...
13m Jun 04, 2021
13m
3387: Hot Stocks | Adani Ports, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail, Motherson Sumi can give up to 36% return in short term
The Nifty has been managing to test lifetime highs since the previous week. On the options open interest front, (June 10, 2021 expiry), the highest open interest is seen at 16,100 Call options. On the Put side, the highest participation is seen at 15,500 and 15,400 contracts. Thus, we can expect the broader range of the index to be 16,100-15,400. On the indicator front, MACD plotted on the d...
5m Jun 04, 2021
5m
3386: Simply Save | The many similarities between cryptocurrencies and equity investing
Many of us want to invest in cryptocurrencies (https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/personal-finance/should-you-invest-in-bitcoin-and-dogecoin-why-is-crypto-so-volatile-and-other-questions-answered-6951721.html) . But it is not that easy. Did you know that there are around 4,000 cryptocurrencies in the world? And the total market capitalisation of the global cryptocurrency market is $1.62...
15m Jun 03, 2021
15m
3385: Policy Talk | Bihar is effective in battling second wave of Covid-19: Health Minister Mangal Pandey
The number of Covid-19 cases in Bihar came down to 1,475 on Sunday from a whopping number of over 14,000 cases at the beginning of May. Bihar’s Health Minister, Mangal Pandey claims that Bihar has fared better than many other states in containing the Covid-19 cases.    Almost 4900 people have died in Bihar due to Covid-19 and currently the state has over 28,000 active cases. Pandey said that ...
29m Jun 03, 2021
29m
3384: Hot Stocks | Can bet on Indraprastha Gas, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, Aditya Birla Fashion for short term
Nifty50 on June 2 started the day on a flat-to-negative note and registered its intraday low at 15,459.85. Later, it underwent a recovery phase after the mid-session of the day and finally witnessed a smaller degree downward sloping trendline breakout in the intraday chart and closed above 15,550 near its prior day’s closing. The benchmark index has also given a decisive breakout of a rising ...
5m Jun 03, 2021
5m
3383: Future Wise | Here's why a real estate MBA degree would come handy
The real estate sector is increasingly looking for niche professionals. Apart from the regular degree programmes, there are also specialised MBAs in real estate that are coming up. But what is the fuss all about and is an MBA in real estate really necessary? In this episode of Future Wise, Moneycontrol's M Saraswathy talks to Dr Niranjan Hiranandani, Provost HSNC University and a real estate s...
8m Jun 02, 2021
8m
3382: Setting Sail | Mensa is locally innovated, it's not a Thrasio of India: Ananth Narayanan
Soon after anchoring a successful exit from Medlife, Ananth Narayan has set up a new venture Mensa Brands. Loosely built on the US-based Thrasio, the company has already managed to raise a whopping $50 million in its very first round of funding. It will use a major chunk of this money to fund acquisitions of brands to aggregate them under one roof.  In this episode of Setting Sail, Narayanan t...
21m Jun 02, 2021
21m
3381: Hot Stocks | Can bet on Voltas, Maruti Suzuki, Infosys for short term
Nifty ended almost flat on June 1 after hitting an all-time high as traders booked some profit in IT, pharma and metal counters. On the derivatives front, Call writers were seen adding open interest at 15,600 and 15,700 strikes while Put writers hold the highest open interest concentration at 15,400 strike. On the technical front, the higher highs and higher bottom formation on charts suggest...
4m Jun 02, 2021
4m