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“One can look at SJVN and NTPC which are focussing a lot more towards hydroelectric and solar energy. Both the companies have extremely good dividend yields of about 7-8%, are very safe, good, government-run companies. If you were to play it as a theme for the next 10 years and make returns in way of dividend, you can definitely add these stocks to your portfolio.”

“Normally, when people are losing money in one particular area, they go and sell some other stocks where they are making money to compensate for that. So, there is an overall increase in volatility. Also since liquidity also tends to be a little bit lower as far as this space is concerned, one sees enhanced volatility happening in such events.”

"On the upside, 17,500-17,550 will act as resistance for Nifty; till the time we do not break past above those levels, we would probably lookout for opportunities to try and build up consolidation positions."

"On the upside, 17,500-17,550 will act as resistance for Nifty; till the time we do not break past above those levels, we would probably lookout for opportunities to try and build up consolidation positions."

The strong contribution of the behavioural aspect of investing is often ignored, however, over the long term, it can be the edge that can enable someone to even compete with seasoned professionals. This is intuitively hard for people to understand, but is based on the magic of compounding.

"I was very clear that 2022 is going to be a difficult year just because the data on a long-term 100-year history basis is more likely to be right than the emotions of all of us who believe that markets can only go up and they should never go down."

Coming week will see the expiry of February series futures and options contracts. The weekly options data suggests the upside is capped near 17,500 as that level holds highest Call open interest (OI). On the lower side, the Put OI stays maximum at the 17,000 strike.

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov told state TV channel Rossiya-24 on Friday that he hoped disagreements could be ironed out and a bill regulating cryptocurrencies passed by the end of the year. He said the government would take the final decision.

The government of Singapore invested about Rs 155 crore while the Monetary Authority of Singapore put in Rs 36 crore.

Both hearings will begin at 10 a.m. ET, according to a statement late on Friday from the House Financial Services Committee.