Q: Nifty ended with WoW gains of 0.7% but for weeks it has traded in a small range. In the absence of any favourable trigger, do you expect the sideways trade to continue?

Q. What is your view on Bank Nifty? Do you think Bank Nifty can cross its critical resistance of 54500 zone?

Q: For markets to stage recovery, financials must start firing at some stage. Based on the earnings season, how would you rate their Q4 performance and which stocks will be watched by you? Within the Financial space, where should one focus?

Q: The IT sector has emerged as the top weekly performer with Nifty IT index gaining nearly 5%. Do you think this to be a short term phenomenon or are these signs of long term bets being made now after a deep correction?

Q: Another important factor that is still not being discussed much is the impact of El Nino. Agriculture sector and rural incomes are both at stake now and will impact auto (mostly two-wheelers), consumer staples and discretionary and performance of agri stocks? What is your view on these indices?

Q: One of the things now being discussed at least in social media is that the domestic investors are the reason why FIIs are having it easy to sell Indian equities i.e. their investments through MFs is giving easy exits to foreign investors. What is your view on this?

Q: Gland Pharma, Honeywell Automation and Tata Communications were among top gainers this week, while Jain Resources, Amber Enterprises and CE Info Systems have been big losers. What should investors do with them?