It has been a choppy ride for the markets over the past few weeks. Despite several attempts, indices have failed to cling to the gains and succumbed to global and domestic cues.
Most analysts expect the markets to remain choppy in 2022 but suggest there will be ample stock-specific opportunities all through the year.
Timing the markets to catch a low, analysts caution, will not be a wise strategy at the current levels, given the slew of domestic and global developments over the next few weeks. While at the global level, there are developments related to the Russia-Ukraine war and their implications for commodity markets, especially oil & gas, in India, the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) plans to hike rates have not been fully discounted yet by the markets, they said.
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