Study on whether the Performance of Small Cap Index Outperforms the Performance of Large Cap Index SURESH KUMAR.G 1 , RENUKA.M. G 2 , KISHORE KUMAR.V 3 & DHINESH RAJ.R 4 . 19MBA0010 1 , 19MBA0060 2 , 19MBA0072 3 , 19MBA0098 4 VIT BUSINESS SCHOOL, VIT UNIVERSITY, VELLORE, TN ABSTRACT This paper focuses on the performance of Nifty Small cap 50 indexes, NIFTY Midcap 50 Index over Nifty50 large-cap index performance. The objective of the paper is to test the size impact in the Indian market and as stated in the Fama French four Factor Model to describe stock returns in asset pricing and portfolio management. We have tested here two hypotheses, the longer the holding period, the higher the average return. The second hypothesis, is the size impact, whether Small-Cap and Midcap Index outperforms the NIFTY 50 large-cap index. Our hypothesis 1, was proven correct, higher the holding period, the higher the return irrespective of the
Impact of COVID19 on Capital Markets - is it an opportunity to invest or to remain cautious? SANTHOSH M (19MBA0011) , PRITHIVIRAJ G (19MBA0094), SIVANESAN M (19MBA0002), VISHMITHA K (19MBA0103), PAVITHRA V (19MBA0003), MOHANA PRIYA MA (19MBA0005) VIT Business School, VIT UNIVERSITY, VELLORE, TN. ABSTRACT No previous infectious disease outbreak has impacted the stock market as powerfully as the COVID-19 pandemic. Equity markets have corrected 25-35 percent from their peak levels due to many reasons which also include the outbreak of COVID-19. There has also been a notable correction in crude oil prices failure of communication between Opec and non-Opec producers. The market capitalization of more than 27 companies in BSE500 index has fallen below Rs.20,000 crores due to the COVID-19 outbreak. According to reports, the coronavirus pandemic has been more volatile than the global financial crisis of 2008. The price-earnings ratio of Sensex is less than