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Investors are not normally satisfied with the poor returns being offered by banks although they are said to be the safest. Smart Investors argue that the real return of return from bank deposits is almost negligible if not negative when discounted by the prevailing Inflation. Inflation is an indirect tax or diminishing tool of ROI. So the investors are always on the lookout for better returns to enhance their earned wealth. The option is of course the Share markets. But they are diffident as the risk is invisible and high. So the best option perhaps is share market but not direct investment in shares. Herein comes the Mutual Funds which are comparatively safe and gives good ROI over a medium and long term.
Mutual Funds are of various types. One type is sectoral funds which are actively managed MFs wherein the Fund Manager actively do buying and selling by picking up certain company shares after a research and study over a period of time. But yet again the decision could go wrong if that particular segment does not do well. The recent happenings in Infra Funds and NBFCs would be good examples.
But an Index Fund is a MF that replicates the portfolio of an index.These are Index-tracked or Index tied MFs.These funds are afforadable and well diversified and generate good return over a period of time.Index MFs are those funds which invest in stock market indices like NSE-Nifty or BSE- 30 Share-Sensex etc.,These MFs are unlike active funds and are passively managed without much of intervention by the Fund Managers. When the Index as a whole performs well, the fund gains its NAV. The big advantage herein is that the portfolio of the Fund is well diversified and hence risk is less. Further Index Funds are passively managed and hence the expenses ratio is far less and so low cost of maintenance of the Fund. So Index MFs are ideal investment vehicle for investors who are risk-averse-like Senior Citizens, Housewives, Children investments etc., So worry-free, low risk, less expensive –Index Fund should be the preferred investment tool for all.
Markets fell like a pack of cards today.. Investors are in jittery !
Smart Investors do bottom-fishing! MFs in buying spree! FIIs remain gloomy !
Indian shares fell for a second straight session Thursday as investors dumped riskier assets on fears that soaring inflation would hurt corporate earnings and spark an economic slowdown.
If retail money hadn’t continued to come into the stock market in various ways, FII selling would have led to a bloodbath by now. It’s the continuous buying by retail investors that has helped prevent that
In April, inflows into systematic investment plans (SIPs) of mutual funds fell around 3.8% month-on-month to ₹11,863 crore. A SIP is a mode of investment primarily into equity mutual funds. In that sense, an investor investing through the SIP route is largely buying stocks indirectly. In fact, in the seven-month period from October 2021 to April 2022, total investments made through the SIP route stood at Rs79,975 crore.
Interestingly, the SIP investment remains strong even as the foreign institutional investors (FIIs) are continuing to sell out of Indian stocks. From October 2021 to April 2022, the FIIs sold stocks worth Rs1.66 trillion. This selling has continued this month as well, with net sales up to 18 May amounting to ₹30,394 crore.
Over and above this, investors continue to open demat accounts at a fast pace. From the end of December 2020 to March 2022, the latest data available, the number of demat accounts went up by 80% to 89.7 million. The BSE Sensex reached its highest ever level on 18 October at 61,766 points. In fact, even from November 2021 to March 2022, the number of demat accounts has gone up by 22%.
High retail interest in the stock market tells us a number of things. First, the average retail investor came into the stock markets only after it had rallied considerably. The BSE Sensex closed at a low of 25,981 points on 23 March 2020. By 31 December 2020, it had rallied by 84% to close at 47,751 points. This rally gave the average retail investor the necessary confidence to invest in stocks by opening demat accounts.
In fact, average monthly inflow into SIPs since the end of December 2020 has been more than ₹10,000 crore. Between January 2020 and December 2020, it was around ₹8,100 crore.
What this tells us is that when it comes to investing the law of demand doesn’t really work. Simply put, the law of demand states that the lower the price, the higher the demand. In case of investing what works is the reverse – the higher the price, the higher the demand. This can be gauged from the fact that 3.5 million demat accounts were opened during October 2021, which was more than in any other month until then. This was in the month that the BSE Sensex peaked.
Secondly, the easy money policy unleashed by the Reserve Bank of India to help the government borrow at low interest rates, pushed people to look for higher returns and hence, money found its way into stocks, ultimately fuelling a bubble where stock prices were totally out of sync with respect to expected earnings.
Third, the retail demand for stocks helped loss-making companies launch their initial public offerings (IPOs). Some of these IPOs were totally or partly offers for sale, where promoters cashed in on their equity by selling it to the public. Post listing, most of these stocks have turned into massive loss-making propositions.
Fourth, the retail demand for stocks has helped even a recent IPO like Delhivery. The retail portion of the IPO was undersubscribed at 0.57 times. But the overall IPO was oversubscribed 1.63 times primarily because the qualified institutional bidders (QIBs) category was oversubscribed 2.66 times. QIBs are basically financial institutions such as mutual funds, insurance companies, FIIs etc. The money invested by mutual funds and insurance companies is ultimately retail money. Simply put, money coming into SIPs continues to finance IPOs.
And finally, if the retail money hadn’t continued to come into the stock market in various ways, the FII selling would have led to a bloodbath by now. It’s the continuous buying by the retail investors that has helped prevent that. Of course, all this is largely in line with what has happened post 2008, where FIIs buy in years when valuations are low and sell in years when valuations are high. The retail investors do the opposite.
IPO Markets- Investors are gloomy. LIC disappoints. Will impact New IPOs.
Volatility reduces IPO valuations, fundraising goals
Market experts believe the current volatile conditions don’t augur well for more IPOs, and the primary market may again see a brief pause in activity. IPOs worth more than ₹1 trillion have been filed with market regulator Sebi, waiting for the right window for launch.
Volatile stock markets and an exodus of foreign investors are beginning to shake the primary markets as well, as several companies preparing to sell shares to the public tamp down their fundraising targets and valuations.
Many of these firms were waiting for the initial public offering of Life Insurance Corp of India (LIC) to be completed before launching their own share sales.
The government finally raised ₹21,000 crore through the LIC share sale, much less than the initial estimates of ₹50,000-75,000 crore. Other companies forced to reduce their IPO size include Delhivery Ltd, Campus Activewear Ltd and Paradeep Phosphates Ltd.
Delhivery reduced its IPO size to ₹5,235 crore from the ₹7,460 crore mentioned in its draft red herring prospectus. Primary fundraising was cut from ₹5,000 crore to ₹4,000 crore, while selling shareholders also lowered the number of shares they had planned to sell.
In the case of Campus, a pure secondary sale of shares, the number of shares on sale was cut to 47.95 million from 51 million. Paradeep Phosphates, which is launching its IPO now , has also cut the IPO’s primary and secondary components. The firm has reduced its primary fundraising to ₹1,004 crore from ₹1,255 crore earlier, while the promoters have also trimmed the number of shares they will sell.
Industry experts said the current market environment prompted firms to review their plans and calibrate them to suit the market sentiment.
“There was a small window of opportunity after LIC and many companies that had been waiting to launch IPOs rushed in. But given the current market situation, the large issuers had to recalibrate their deals, bringing the size down in certain cases depending on how they planned to utilize those funds as well as being less aggressive on pricing the deal and leaving more money on the table for investors,” said a Mumbai-based investment banker, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
“Also, where the company has been waiting for months for an IPO, the need for capital may have also changed, thus necessitating the change in IPO size,” the banker added.
Market experts believe the current volatile conditions don’t augur well for more IPOs, and the primary market may again see a brief pause in activity. IPOs worth more than ₹1 trillion have been filed with market regulator Sebi, waiting for the right window for launch.
“Given the current macro-environment with rate hikes and market volatility, I expect the primary market to see a slowdown and companies to put issuances on hold. Historically, secondary market volatility has always been negative for the primary market,” said Pranav Haldea, managing director of Prime Database Group.
Haldea said some launches may still happen. “In certain cases, where companies have a strong need to raise funds or where there is a pressure from selling shareholders to exit, we will see some launches happen. These will look to cut IPO size or lower valuations to ensure their deal goes through,” Haldea said.
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