Where to invest Rs 10 lakh in ’17; Who made money on D-St in ’16; Story of 60 stock splits

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How to invest a Rs 10 lakh corpus across equity and fixed income assets in 2017 The first rule for investing is don't time the market – not now, not ever. Don't rush to sell stocks on rallies. Instead, hold them for longer horizon. Midcaps ruled the roost for second year in a row; here are the top gainers and losers Sectorwise, Exide Industries and TVS Motor advanced 22% and 24% in the auto and auto ancillary space. However, Ashok Leyland dipped 9% during the year. Top four global themes that are likely to chart domestic market direction in 2017 Fears over elections due in Germany and France and uncertainty in global markets could continue with key central banks pursuing divergent monetary policies.

Interview One to One After budget, we should be at new highs and we will build on it in the second half of the calendar year. We reiterate... Sanjiv Bhasin , IIFL

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Market Watch 31 Dec | 04:38PM| SENSEX NIFTY USD/INR GOLD 26626.46 ↑260.31 8185.80 ↑82.20 67.91 ↓-0.19 27451.00 ↓-111.00

Gainers Losers 31 Dec, 2016, 04:38PM IST, PTI|View All Company Name Live Price Change (%) Volume High Low Landmarc Leisure Corporation Ltd. 0.84 20.00 48771 0.84 0.70 Arcotech Ltd. 527.70 20.00 85031 527.70 435.35 Kesar Enterprises Ltd. 45.65 19.97 16202 45.65 40.00

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The week that was: FMCG, IT, consumer durables lift Sensex by over 550 points Despite the rally in D-St last week, foreign portfolio investors remained net sellers in equity markets as they sold shares worth Rs 4,432 crore in 5 sessions. Believe it or not, the big bull market in stks for New Year has already started Investors should take this opportunity to accumulate quality stocks and invest a substantial part of their capital in a well-diversified equity portfolio. Win some, lose some, such is life! The story of 60 firms that split stks in 2016 Analysts say firms usually resort to stock splits, when either their share prices are too high or beyond price levels of similar companies in the same sector. NPA additions of lenders in 2016 equalled m-cap of 33 of 41 listed banks; Is the pain over? These 41 banks reported a combined gross NPA of Rs 5.67 lakh crore as of September 30, which was 6.64 per cent higher than Rs 3.46 lakh crore of bad assets. Wealth creation in 2017 will happen best in stock market despite uncertainties India is seeing a paradigm shift in terms of moving towards the less cash economy and is moving towards a matured economy because of the demonetisation move.

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