WPI Shoots up to 11-year high The WPI or the Wholesale Price Inflation shot up to an 11 year high of 10.49% in April as compared to 7.39% in March 2021. The steep climb in wholesale prices is witnessed due to the hardening of global commodity prices. The official release states that the rate of inflation is primarily high due to the rise in prices of crude petroleum, mineral oils viz...
Upcoming IPO Supriya Lifescience IPO Supriya Lifescience has filed for preliminary papers with SEBI to raise 120 Crore through IPO. It is one of India’s key manufacturers and suppliers of API with its focus on research and development. The IPO is said to issue fresh equity shares worth Rs200 Cr and an offer for sale of up to Rs 1,000 Crore by its promoter Satish Waman Wagh. The proceeds...
Retirement Planning – We may have reached our goals of owning a car or enjoying foreign vacations. But when we have retired and don’t have any stable income, how are we supposed to maintain this lifestyle? Retirement Planning helps us to invest well in advance considering the amount we wish to receive in future. Inflation is the biggest wealth killer if we don’t plan our...
Value Stocks vs Growth Stocks – US Markets Value stocks have beaten the growth stocks by about 13% in the latest data as per the Russell 1000 Value Index vs Russell 1000 Growth Index. The reason for the outperformance could be the lower valuation and lower PE that the value stocks were trading at. Alternatively, there exists a massive opportunity in the technology space and...
PLI scheme for promoting ACC battery manufacturing : Govt approves Rs. 18100Cr in PLI scheme for manufacturing Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) battery with the objective of promoting Make in India initiative. The proposal aims to achieve manufacturing of 50 gigawatts of battery storage, he said, adding, these incentives will be available to those companies having higher production...
Sugar Industry India’s sugar production is forecast to grow 17% to 33.7 million tonnes in the year ended September 2021. Indian sugar mills may achieve their target of exporting 6 million tonnes of the sweetener by the end of June, three months before September The surge in exports is mainly due to firm global prices and subsidy, which have made the overseas markets lucrative....
Everyone should ensure resourceful financial planning which will consist of goals, irrespective of their age, income profile, risk, and should have an asset provision. The financial plan should explain what assets to invest in and get significant exposure to those assets. Every investor should take a look at a financial plan on an annual basis which will help them to assess the validity and...
1. Dogecoin, Cryptocurrency The cryptocurrency “meme coin” Dogecoin was created in 2013 as a joke poking fun at the surge in other digital coins. The latest surge has pushed Dogecoin’s market capitalization to $62 billion, which means it’s valued more highly than Ford and Twitter. In 2021, it has surged from less than half a penny to a record of nearly 75 cents....
Fincare Small Finance Bank is going to file for IPO this week. It is one of the 10 microfinance institutions to receive the RBI nod to convert into a small finance bank. RBI mandates SFBs to list within 3 years of reaching a net worth of Rs.500 crores. Accordingly, Fincare has till Sept 2021 to get itself listed. Ranging between Rs.1200-Rs.1400 crore, the issue will comprise of fresh issue...
Global economy to grow by 6% in 2021, up from its 5.5% forecast in January. Looking further ahead, global GDP for 2022 will be seen increasing by 4.4%, higher than an earlier estimate of 4.2%. Some Key Points: Those who have managed to have a job during the pandemic will have excess saving hence investments will grow.Many countries like USA, UK will show market recovery Work from...