The market, which has been caught in the grip of the bears, gave a negative yearly return for first time in last eight years. The BSE Sensex lost 1.4% and Nifty shed 3.5% between the 72nd Independence Day on 2018 and the 73rd Independence Day on 2019.
After a festive and holiday truncated week, Dalal street was back on its regular routine. Macroeconomic indicators such as inflation, factory output as well as global events dictated the stock market trend this week.
The Sensex and Nifty remained volatile throughout the week.
The markets have been trading on a choppy note these days. Even fundamentally strong stocks are facing the heat. But this doesn't mean one cannot make money in such markets.
There's no dearth of stocks these days floating around with mouthwatering dividend yields.
In this volatile stock market, it's nice to get the neat little dividend cheques that go straight to your bank accounts, especially when the stock price is doing nothing for you.
Watch out for the stocks that pay healthy dividends in the upcoming dividend season.
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