Having Q2 Results on the deck, India Inc’s profit is expected to shrink for the fourth straight quarter however there is a rising revenue momentum, which can be inferable from moderate price hikes and steadily rising volumes. The said expectations of the Indian market had translated into the index performance where NIFTY posted a fall of 3.74% in the month of September. Global markets are also confronting inflationary pressure on their earnings expectations yet with a higher degree of inflation when compared to India. The US stock market’s weakest month of the year is typically September when Dow 30 posted a fall of 8% and the S&P 500 also fell by over 8%. In the Indian Alternative Investment segment, the PMS strategies reacted to the market sentiments, yet managed the risk relatively well with 277 strategies (out of 298 Strategies) beating NIFTY in September. Many boutiques and smaller AMCs performed well this month, compared to the lukewarm performance of star fund managers this month.















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Quant Investing vs Traditional PMS: Can Quant Beat Human Intuition
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