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ETMarkets Smart Talk | US bonds offer attractive yields again: Nachiketa Sawrikar on the challenge for Indian equities

Indian markets moved higher.

28 Sept 2026 · Economic Times Markets

The Federal Reserve’s rate hike may be largely priced in, but according to Nachiketa Sawrikar, Fund Manager at Artha Bharat Global Multiplier Fund, the bigger question for markets is what happens to US bond yields and the dollar from here.

Because the driver here is macro rather than company-specific, the read-through is to index-level positioning rather than to any single name — correlations tend to rise when the whole market faces the same signal.

  • This is a market-wide development — its reach goes beyond any single stock.