Are mid and small caps really getting slowed down? Recently an official of Mutual Fund also said that they saw a slowdown in inflows into mid-caps and small-caps in September. Therefore, retail investments can move into large-cap stocks. Kindly note that in large-caps the decline from the peak has been abrupter than in the mid-caps and small-caps. But at this time large-cap stocks are getting rich. In addition, the initial signs of this trend are depicted that mid-cap has corrected more than Nifty from its peak in September. If you are also scrambling to the internet regarding SMIDS, you should go through this article till the end. Scroll down the page.
Are Small-Caps and Mid-Caps Slowing Down?
The Nifty Midcap 150 fell almost 4 percent from its peak of 15,599.05 on September 12, 2023, to 14,975.70 on October 5, 2023, Thursday, while the Nifty fell 3.35 percent from its peak on September when it was 20,222.45 and shed to 19,545.75 on October 5. However, the Nifty Small-cap 250 stock has fallen by 2.66% from its 12 September peak. Currently, the Nifty Small Cap is at 12,238.55. Data shows the rise of the Small-Caps and Mid-Caps indices from March lows to September peaks underscores the outperformance of the indices due to indirect and direct retail flows into them. Swipe down the page.
Nifty jumped 20.16 percent taking to 16,828.35 from its 20 March low to its mid-September peak, while the mid-cap and small-cap stocks increased two times due to investors pouring capital into SMIDS schemes of mutual funds at the cost of large-caps. It was aside from the direct retail flows of Rs 14, 400 crore after a hiatus of five months in August. For instance, stand-alone small-cap schemes of mutual funds attracted flows of Rs21,803 crore and mid-cap schemes Rs10,999.73 from March to August while the Large-cap schemes saw outflows of Rs4,676.95 crore what saved the day for large caps was Rs1.69 trillion inflows from March to August from Foreign Portfolio Investors and part of Rs14,400 crore from retail direct in August flowing into them.
The executive director and business head of LIC Mutual Fund, Nityanand Prabhu said that the small-caps and mid-caps slowed down in September. “We have a sense that September has witnessed a slowing down of flows into mid- and small-caps. There will be some more attraction in flexi-caps and large-caps.” In case their results do not meet raised expectations, investors could be disappointed, and some correction could be seen in them, Dhiraj Relli the MD and CEO of HDFC Securities showed his concerns about the recent surge in the bond yields in the US.