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Stock Market Daily Podcast — December 8, 2025
Today’s podcast episode was created from the following stories:
Bank of America says this corner of the market is the best ‘run-it-hot’ trade for investors in 2026
Bank of America says commodities are the top “run-it-hot” trade for 2026, with a contrarian call to favor oil and energy. The bank cites expected strong growth, ongoing fiscal and monetary support, deglobalization pressures, and sticky inflation as tailwinds, noting AI-driven demand is already boosting metals and energy. The takeaway: consider overweighting commodities relative to traditional havens like bonds.
Wall Street bets Chinese stocks will extend $2.4 trillion rally
After a roughly 30% surge this year, global managers expect Chinese equities to keep climbing in 2026 on AI momentum, improving earnings, and attractive valuations versus global peers. Passive inflows led 2025’s rebound, and a return of active money plus vast domestic savings could power the next leg, though firms like Nomura and Morgan Stanley see more modest gains ahead. Key watch items: a turn in deflation, earnings follow-through, and whether consumers and lagging sectors catch up.
How advisors are weighing the risks of an AI bubble
With market gains concentrated in a handful of AI-linked names, advisors warn of valuation risk and the perils of trying to time a bubble. Suggested tactics include disciplined rebalancing, using equal-weighted indexes to reduce single-name concentration, and ensuring clients understand their true AI exposure. Bottom line: stay diversified and avoid FOMO-driven overweights.
Pick of BL Commodities – December 7, 2025
The World Gold Council says central banks kept buying despite record prices, yet warns a slowdown in India could trigger gold collateral liquidations. Meanwhile, the EU is set to curb Asian rice imports, India’s sugar exports are ramping, southern states are shoring up rice procurement, and AI weather alerts influenced sowing decisions for up to half of participating farmers. These shifts spotlight how policy, macro flows, and tech adoption are reshaping commodity markets.
Nifty at 26K, but why is your stock portfolio bleeding?
India’s headline indices hit records, but most gains came from a small group of large caps, while small caps fell and mid caps barely rose. Index reweights, passive flows, FII selling, heavy IPO activity, and rotations into gold and silver all contributed to the divergence. Translation: index highs don’t guarantee broad portfolio gains—positioning and breadth matter.
These 9 largecap stocks have up to 34% upside potential. Do you own any?
Trendlyne consensus points to nine large caps with 12-month upside of 20%–34%, including Solar Industries, Lodha, Eternal, Adani Enterprises, DLF, HAL, Swiggy, Ambuja Cements, and Mankind Pharma. Most carry Buy or Strong Buy ratings with targets set off recent profit growth. As always, use consensus as a screen—fundamentals and risk tolerance should drive the final call.
Meesho shares set to list this week. What should investors expect?
Meesho’s Rs 5,421 crore IPO was subscribed 79x, with grey-market premiums implying a 38% pop at listing on December 10. Investors are betting on strong user growth and improving unit economics despite ongoing losses and a valuation near 5x FY25 revenue. Watch sustainability: converting scale into durable profitability will dictate post-listing performance.
Market euphoria vs asset-backed security: real estate emerges as the hedge of 2025
With growth stocks stretched, the piece argues that real estate offers inflation protection, steady income, and capital preservation. India’s demographics, urbanization, infrastructure push, and sectoral institutionalization strengthen the case for a 2026 reallocation. For diversified portfolios, property can be a counter-cyclical stabilizer to public-market volatility.
11 penny stocks crashed up to 93% in FY26 so far; are you holding any?
A screen of low-priced, high-volume micro caps shows 11 names down 50%–93% in FY26, underscoring the hazards of chasing penny stocks. Even with heavy trading activity, poor fundamentals and liquidity risks can amplify drawdowns. Message for investors: rigorous screening and risk controls are essential in this corner of the market.
Rupee at record low: should you invest abroad? Here are the smartest routes
With the rupee near 90 to the dollar, the article maps ways to build global exposure: feeder funds, foreign broker platforms with fractional shares, Gift City funds, IFSC depository receipts, and global mutual funds. It also explains tax treatment and suggests a gradual 10%–30% international allocation to hedge currency risk. Key point: diversification can help offset long-run rupee depreciation and broaden opportunity sets.
