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Source: Live Mint Despite volatility in the market, the value of assets held by individual investors in mutual funds jumped 21.02 percent in the past one year from ₹33.31 lakh crore in March 2024 to ₹40.31 lakh crore in March 2025, the industry trends data released by AMFI (Association of Mutual Funds in India) shows….
Source: Live Mint India’s retail trading revolution has delivered an uneven outcome. While new-age brokerage platforms are raking in record profits, millions of individual investors—particularly in the derivatives market—are nursing heavy losses. The paradox at the heart of India’s stock market boom is this: Technology has made trading more accessible, but not necessarily more profitable…
Source: Live Mint Zerodha co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) Nithin Kamath shared a stark warning for the Indian stock market amid the current bloodbath: ‘If markets fall sharply, investors might stay out of the market for years—just like they did after the 2008 global financial crisis.’ According to data shared by Kamath in a…
Source: Live Mint “No, it is the stock market,” he quipped. While benchmark indices have clawed back some lost ground after a prolonged spell of weakness, Verma’s portfolio is still sporting an enchanting shade of crimson. Has Lady Luck singled him out for special consideration? Or did bad decision-making also play a part? Verma, who…
Source: Live Mint The recent recovery suggests that markets may have found some floor even as risks from global uncertainties and tariff war persist, but investors would do better to stick to large caps amid volatility, according to Niraj Kumar, chief investment officer at Future Generali India Life Insurance. “The prevalent VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity,…
Source: Live Mint Indian capital market is complex, and the regulator cannot adopt a sledgehammer approach by imposing a threshold-based curbs on retail investors for trading in futures and options (F&O), said Tuhin Kanta Pandey, chairperson, Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), on Saturday. “Any regulator in any sector needs to balance these two…
Source: Live Mint A typical theme that has dominated equity market conversations over the last six months is whether domestic institutional investors (DIIs) should keep funding the relentless exodus of foreign institutional investors (FIIs) from Indian markets. Experts, speaking at the Mint India Investment Summit and Awards 2025 in Mumbai on Saturday, however, said investors…
Source: Live Mint The Nifty gets a makeover twice a year and this time, Zomato and Jio FInancial are in, while BPCL and Britannia are out. A lot of regular investors think this is a chance to make easy money. A Mint analysis reveals that over the past decade, roughly 64% of retail investors chasing…
Source: Live Mint MUMBAI : If the latest data is any indication, retail investors are experiencing an anxiety attack. While a full-blown panic is contained, for now, the market’s shaky ground is causing jitters. Mom-and-pop investors are showing signs of unease, and experts warn a storm is brewing. With mid- and small-cap stocks poised to…
Source: Live Mint While the broader indices are teetering on the edge of a bear market (defined as plunging 20% or more from recent highs), some small- and mid-cap stocks are so deep in red that short-term traders have graduated to being long-term investors, and long-term investors have embraced spirituality. Investing in the small and…
