Stocks of small and micro-cap companies which have a market capitalization of between $50 million – $300 million are referred to as micro-cap stocks. The risk in such investments remains significantly high due to increased volatility and lower liquidity. As a result of lack of reliable publicly available information, such stocks are more exposed to

Over past 1.5 years or so, the global investors have been dealing with lots of uncertainties and volatility across financial markets and throughout different asset classes. Global experts believe that while the recession fears have been reduced to a great extent, the uncertain economic environment is expected to continue as increased rates of interest and higher

Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) tend to play a critical role when it comes to boosting investor confidence. Participation of such investors exhibit that they have undertook extensive research and due diligence before investing their funds. Participation of FIIs is regarded as vote of confidence in the company’s prospects, adding to the company’s appeal as a

Unsurprisingly, millionaires around the world have several streams of passive income. This is because they believe that more passive income sources an individual has, the closer he/she will reach goal of financial freedom. In the absence of passive income, an investor has to rely on active income, which obviously can evaporate in the crisis-like situation

Bearish momentum of the markets seems to be on the backfoot as the US Fed had hinted that battle against inflation is somewhat sorted and rate-hike spree should see the conclusion soon. Market bears were louder throughout the course of 2023 even though there was a strong rally due to AI boom and strong sentiments

As a result of Asian population and late shift for industrialization, Asia-Pacific region has been regarded as economically fastest growing region on the global basis. This is because this region caters to big businesses, significant and renowned governments, and strong strength of middle-class populations who are all set to spend money and improve economy. Therefore,

Investors are keen to know how will Indian equity markets react to recent macro-economic data points which are expected to be released in the upcoming week.  While the US Fed is not talking regarding the rate cuts, global experts do believe that rate cuts can happen in the early half of 2024. Some analysts say

In the year gone by, investors continued to look for next Federal Reserve’s decision. Apart from this, investors were waiting for the CPI or jobs report. Even though there have been clear signals that inflation continues to decline and Fed has plans to cut interest rates in the coming year, investors continue to debate over

Biotech industry continues to make resurgence after this industry has seen a year of dismal performance, resulting in S&P Biotechnology Select Industry Index losing over ~50% of the value from peak in early 2021. This index measures the performance of stocks catering to the biotechnology industry. Higher interest rates and normalisation of pandemic-era increases resulted in

Prevalence of dividends has been widespread as ~80% of S&P 500 stocks continue to provide regular payouts on the quarterly basis. However, investors already now that not all the sectors give equal generosity while providing dividend yields. Some industries such as real estate and energy have been considered as the leaders in providing dividends, resulting