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Investors interested in maintaining exposure to both equity and fixed-income securities may consider betting on balanced mutual funds. Also, these mutual funds are believed to offer higher returns than pure, fixed-income investments while maintaining a low volatility level. 

The proportion of equity and fixed-income investments in these funds may also vary in response to market conditions.

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Benchmark indices on Wall Street barely budged from their previous day’s closing levels ahead of the all important US Federal Reserve interest rate decision past midnight hours Indian time.

The Dow Jones fell nearly 200 points, but the S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended little changed. JPMorgan, a key constituent on the Dow Jones with around 4% weightage,

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Tech stocks have driven a disproportionate share of the market’s gains in recent years. Now, it’s time for them to share the limelight, says Joe Quinlan, the chief market strategist at Bank of America.

“There’s plenty of places to put money to work better other than, say, Mag 7,” he said,

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WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has predicted the US will end the year “with 3% real GDP growth” — as President Trump prepares a national tour to tout his economic successes before the 2026 midterms.

“We inherited a mess,” Trump said at the White House on Monday, the day before he is set to visit a casino in the key swing state of Pennsylvania to discuss how his administration’s policies have helped lower prices through a mix of deregulatory moves and key investments in the energy and AI industries.

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In a lengthy interview with POLITICO’s Dasha Burns, Trump claimed the US economy was booming and gave himself an A+++++ plus rating, but on Monday the BLS announced his administration is going to roll over October’s employment data into the November release that is scheduled to be published in January.

Trump attacked the BLS when they reported bad numbers on his jobs reports,

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BEIJING – China’s top leaders are signaling they are on alert for a potential flareup of tensions in global commerce as they draw up economic plans for next year, after amassing a record trade surplus despite the tariff war with the US.

Hours after China announced that its

excess of exports to imports

has surpassed US$1 trillion (S$1.3 trillion) in just 11 months,

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