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A lower-priced stock that displays a higher difference between the daily high and low over a period of time will be more volatile than a higher-priced stock that displays the same difference over the same period of time.

"The biggest theme is going to be the direction of the Fed funds rate. When we see the FOMC dot plots and look at the market implied Fed funds rate, it is aligned to the most dovish of the Fed fund forecasters. So clearly markets expect that the Fed will have to sort of downgrade its expectations of rate hikes and that there will be inflation outcomes. That would be the first major source of uncertainty. Second would be what happens to the Chinese economy."

Apart from factors like rapid urbanisation and a rising population contributing to increased demand for affordable housing units in major Indian cities, investors too are making a beeline for residential and commercial real estate. With equity markets stagnating amidst increasing inflationary pressures, real estate investments are ramping up due to the attractive rental yields and the potential for further price appreciation.

“Ultimately, what makes great leadership and what makes a happy life is not what other people think of you, it is what you think of yourself, what does your family think about you? What do your co-workers think about you?”

"Among Nifty December month options, activity in calls far exceeds that of puts. Put OI is concentrated at ATM, and at psychological points of 17500 and 17000, which do not reflect a positioning bias. However, OI and activity along calls are spread across the near OTMs suggesting that traders have been trying to capitalize on the falling momentum by building shorts."

NSDL data shows FIIs have invested over Rs 7,200 crore so far in December. "FIIs are likely to turn cautious in the near term. Macro data from the US and Covid news will drive FII flows and the markets in the near term," said Dr.V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services.

“Elxsi, KPIT are classic two examples of companies that benefit from this whole electric vehicle revolution around the world because they are not limited to India. They are supplying software and technology to all the OEMs around the world so the globe is their market and this is a global opportunity, not just an India opportunity.”

“We have a list 10 stocks which are a mix of largecaps and smallcaps. If I were to pick one stock, I will pick PNC Infrastructure Company. This has a current order book of about Rs 19,000 crore, which gives them revenue visibility of about almost 2.5 times their current earnings.”

We do not expect the labor demand-supply scenario to improve until the first quarter of 2023. However, we anticipate that the situation will stabilize by the second half of 2023. While we believe the Fed will begin raising interest rates by 25 basis points on February 1st, 2023, we believe the Fed will pause the next rate hike, with a 70% probability

The warning, at least the second made by Musk this month, is ironic given the billionaire has previously pledged his Tesla shares. As of December 2020, Musk had 92 million Tesla shares pledged as collateral, according to an SEC filing in April 2022.