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Thus, prolonged supply-driven inflation can lead to a broad-based inflation. The central banks will need to pre-empt this cycle – with collateral damage. A decision to curtail inflation through monetary policy is likely to harm growth - which is why long-term interest rates sometimes fall when the central banks raise rates.

Damani, who is known for holding high conviction bets for long periods of times, said his son has now started influencing his thinking. The widely followed stock picker said the pride and joy is now doing it for the grandchildren or doing it for the other young kids who come to him.

The asset allocation strategy not only helps you achieve the return objective but also lowers the risk. Once the allocation shifts considerably - either in equity or debt, the expected rate of return differs as well as the risk by a considerable number.

It will also commence Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) route from Prayagraj-Lucknow on the same day.

Vodafone Idea (VIL) had placed special resolution of issue of equity shares worth Rs 4,500 crore to the group firms of promoters Vodafone and Aditya Birla Group for transaction at the EGM.

Where once surging bond yields and commodity prices spelled big trouble for equities, now stocks are surging alongside them.

Risk assets rally even as Treasuries signal bad economic news

“Floating rate, asset allocation and any theme which has not delivered for years in the past – all these three have better scope than the market. So, for us to be scared and say we are going to get negative returns won’t be right,” says ICICI Pru’s S Naren.”

“Our broad view is that this year we will not find any sector leading the markets. So it will be a pure bottoms-up approach. One will have to be very stock specific, look at the stocks or the companies which have earnings visibility in next two-three years and a longer term valuation is comfortable. So, we have made tactical changes in our portfolio in the last four-five months.”

Money managers scrambled to start funds anyway. The likes of Schroders Plc and Franklin Templeton -- along with Goldman Sachs Asset Management -- gobbled up billions of dollars from clients looking to profit by combining investments in Brazil, Russia, India and China. That marketing ploy has come crashing down and now faces an existential crisis.