MOSt
Advisor
Monthly Markets Newsletter
October 2016
In This Issue
•
Market Outlook for the month
• Equity Market Outlook
• Derivatives & Commodities Market Outlook
• Large Cap and Mid Cap Investment Ideas
• Model Advisory Portfolios
• Recommended Funds
• Equity Fund
Key Highlights for the Month
Better 1QFY17 Earnings
Good Monsoon
Rate Cut
Dear Investor,
Global Macros:
Central Bankers across the globe main-
tained status quo on liquidity enhancing policy measures
be it ECB, Bank of England, Bank of Japan or Federal Reserve
of USA. Commentary remained largely dovish citing con-
Global Market
Index
30-Sep16
MoM (%)
YoY(%)
cern on tentative Global macros. The gravity of vulnerable
Global macros is evidenced from the fact; FOMC till now has not made a single
rate hike in CY2016 as opposed to an earlier guidance of 4 rate hikes. Month of
September was a mixed bag for equities where US consolidated whereas UK, Brazil,
South Korea and Hong Kong gained traction while Japan and India ended with over
(-2%) cuts on their major indices respectively. In commodities crude Oil, Gold and
Silver saw trading rallies. Currency as an asset class has been fairly stable in recent
past thanks to brilliant effort by Central Governments and Central Bankers globally.
Market Performance:
Geo-political tension between India and Pakistan broke the
pace of upward momentum in Indian markets. Otherwise, market was sailing smooth,
capitalizing on positive triggers like better 1QFY17 corporate earnings, normal
monsoons, passage of GST Bill and stable domestic currency (INR). Nevertheless,
sanity seems to have prevailed now and participants seem to be gearing up for Q2FY16
earnings update. Indian central bank (RBI) came up with early Diwali Gift. They cut
repo, reverse repo and MSF rate by 25bp to 6.25%, 5.75% and 6.75% respectively.
The committee retained its inflation and growth (gross value added, or GVA)
projections at 5% by March 2017 (with lower upside risks than previously estimated)
and 7.6% (with evenly ba;ISDUFlanced risks) for 2016-17. More importantly, RBI
believes that the formation of new non-performing assets (NPAs) in banks has
decelerated. All these augurs well for Indian equities.
Outlook:
Indian equity offering stand on firm footing when compared to most of
its global counterparts. Reduction in Repo rate, Good monsoons, 7th Pay Commission
pay checks in bank accounts, Passage of GST Bill and joyous festive season mood
should boost demand for two wheelers, passenger cars, white goods, electrical &
electronic consumer durables, low cost housing and home refurbishing in particular.
We maintain our stance of positive outlook on markets and advocate sticking to our
QGLP philosophy for deploying money into quality stocks.
Dharmesh Kant
Vice President- Head Of Retail Research
Sensex
Nifty
FTSE
Dow
Nasdaq
Hang Sang
27,866
8,611
6,899
18,308
5,312
23,297
-2.1
-2.0
1.7
-0.5
1.9
1.4
6.5
8.3
13.8
12.4
15.0
11.8
Economic Pulse
Key Indicators Current Month
Change (%)
IIP
WPI
10 Year Yield
USD/ INR
Crude ($)
Gold (10 gms)
-2.4%
3.74%
6.81%
66.61
49.06
31175
-
5.35
-5.02
-0.85
4.29
1.17
Thought for the month
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