The Daily

By David Lawder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Finance chiefs gathering in Washington this week were ready to discuss the global economy’s surprising resilience in the face of Donald Trump’s tariff assaults – until the U.S.-China trade war erupted again with the U.S. president threatening 100% duties on Chinese imports and sending markets into a tailspin.

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Options simulators can be a great benefit for traders looking to learn how options prices move, how to enter orders and how to not lose your shirt.

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PASSIVE FLOW HIGHLIGHTS FOR SEPTEMBER 2025

Passive inflows have progressively grown in last 4 months. They spiked from ₹3,997 Crore in June 2025 to ₹8,259 Crore in July, ₹11,437 Crore in August and further to ₹19,057 Crore in September 2025. Trackers are again getting investor attention. The action in September was dominated by inflows into Gold ETFs and Silver ETFs as gold crossed $4,000/oz and silver scaled $50/oz.

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Devarsh Vakil, Head of Prime Research, HDFC Securities

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Taosha Wang is a portfolio manager and creator of the “Thematically Thinking” newsletter at Fidelity International

Commodities have had a rough decade, but a confluence of structural factors suggests that after years of underinvestment, the stage may be set for the next super cycle.

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Conventional wisdom suggests that one of the key ingredients for making money is diversifying your portfolio. Romit Mehra, an IT professional from Pune, and Tejas Deshmukh from Lucknow took different approaches to diversification.
When Mehra, 36, started investing five years ago, he put all his savings into the Nippon India Large Cap Fund. The fund performed decently for two years,

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It has been a challenging year for equity mutual funds. Despite their inherent advantage of diversification, which typically cushions against market swings, 52.4% (or 97 out of 185 funds) have underperformed their respective benchmarks over the past year, according to data compiled from the ACE MF database. The data is based on NAVs as of 3 October 2025.

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