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TheThe objective objective is is to to keep keep readers readers better better informed informed and and help help them them decide decide for for themselves. themselves. www.outlookmoney.comwww.outlookmoney.com April April 2020 2020 Outlook Outlook Money Money 3 3 Chapter One Stay Calm And Avoid Panic Selling n the last few weeks, things have not few months and bring in some cheer for the really been favourable for Indian investors. investors. The stock markets have tanked World over, the media is going through Imiserably and globally there are clear signs a tough time. Conditions are such that it of recession. There is a crisis of confidence in is increasingly becoming difficult for us to the markets and there is uncertainty all over. continue with our normal schedules. These are truly difficult and trying times. It is often said that desperate times Systematic Investing The entire world is in the throes of one of require desperate measures and we are truly Plans can keep you afloat its most formidable challenges ever faced by going through desperate times at present. during trying times mankind. The COVID-19 virus attack has Obviously, at our end too, it will call for taken the entire world unawares. The way drastic measures. We will do our best to out is still unknown. While hi-tech medical ensure that our readers stay safe and ensure research is ongoing, it is still uncertain when that we do not compromise your safety and we will be able to see the light at the other security in such times. end of the tunnel. The PM has put the entire nation in a We have seen unprecedented three-week lockdown in which nothing developments in the stock markets in the last but essential services will work. That puts few weeks. The Sensex has dropped by 2000 us in a difficult position to carry on with points plus in a day more than once. It stands normal working schedules as printing and at around 29,000 now as against 38,000 last distribution of the magazine will not be month. The story with the Nifty is similar. possible. Moreover, we would not want to Investors have taken a heavy hit and no one send magazines to our readers at this point is bold enough to venture into the unknown of time as the print copies go through many at this point of time. Making matters worse hands before reaching our readers and may are predictions by international bodies that inadvertently become carriers. India’s GDP growth will plummet. Some, like As such, we have decided to temporarily Moody’s has predicted that GDP growth will suspend the print edition of Outlook Money be just 2.5 per cent for calendar year 2020, for the time being till things improve. I hope down from 5.3 per cent forecast earlier. That our readers and subscribers will understand is not helping investor confidence. our predicament. In many places across the What is making things worse is the huge country, newspapers and periodicals have drop in crude prices which is affecting the stopped production exactly for the same global economy. With the US becoming reasons. one of the worst affected countries by the But we will not leave you news-dry even in COVID-19 attack, the impact is being felt such times. We will produce an e-magazine worldwide and India is not an exception. on schedule and we will ensure that The times are going to be tough for e-magazine, with all its elements reaches you the months to come even after the virus so that you get your regular fill of our stories, massacre recedes in India. The markets, investment advice and insights into the though gaining in pockets, will take time to financial world. Of course, our website www. come back to their earlier glory primarily outlookmoney.com will continue to update because the Indian industry has been hit you on the latest in the financial world. badly. Manufacturing and productivity has We hope to resume regular print been severely affected. The state of company production as soon as things improve and results in the next quarter is anybody’s guess. we are able to restart normal working In such times it does not pay to do any schedules. Till such a time, we request you to panic selling and will make sense to stay bear with us. ARINDAM MUKHERJEE invested for the long term because the Praying that all of you stay home and [email protected] markets may show some resilience after a stay safe. 4 Outlook Money April 2020 www.outlookmoney.com Always You First. Open a Savings Account and get up to 7% interest p.a. Because for us, it’s Always You First. Introducing IDFC FIRST Bank, a bank that always puts you first. 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In times when Himali Patel, women are coming out of Vishav their shell and efficiently PRINCIPAL CORRESPONDENT Nirmala Konjengbam contributing to the SENIOR CORRESPONDENT economy, Latika did not step back thinking about her age, as dreams Dipen Pradhan are to be lived without considering the age. She had her moments NEWS DESK filled with obstacles, but her sheer desire to not overlook her talent COPY EDITOR and pick up the resources that she finds midway, only to give a shape Sudeshna Banerjee to her dreams. I would like to thank Outlook Money for giving the SENIOR SUB EDITOR Sampurna Majumder deserving exposure to women like Latika Chakravorty. Shipra Sinha, Kolkata TRAINEE SUB EDITOR Indrishka Bose WEB CORRESPONDENT Building Her Legacy Rajat Mishra DIGITAL TEAM It was such a delight to read this particular article on how Manju Amit Mishra, Sneha Santra Yagnik, with her passion and high skill, decided to excel in a male- ART Praveen Kumar.