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This change raises an important question—will this affect how small investors approach REITs? Should they invest directly or via mutual funds?

At first glance, the move seems significant. With the broader allocation limit, hybrid equity funds like balanced advantage funds, flexi-cap funds, and multi-asset allocation funds may increase their REIT exposure.

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Geoff Bennett:

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-of-a-point when it meets tomorrow, the first time it has cut rates in about a year.

But the meeting has also been described by those who watch the Fed as the strangest and most unprecedented meeting in many years.

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Artificial intelligence is the greatest investment opportunity of our lifetime. The time to invest in groundbreaking AI is now, and this stock is a steal!

AI is eating the world—and the machines behind it are ravenous.

Each ChatGPT query, each model update, each robotic breakthrough consumes massive amounts of energy.

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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN, Associated Press Business Writer

Tesla’s stock is climbing Monday as CEO Elon Musk disclosed the purchase of more than 2.5 million shares worth approximately $1 billion.

Shares of the electric vehicle maker rose more than 5% in morning trading.

Musk purchased various amounts of shares at different prices on Friday,

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One Wall Street firm nearly doubled its price target on Bloom Energy.

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NEW YORK — U.S. stocks edged back from their record heights Tuesday as the countdown ticked toward what Wall Street expects will be the first cut of the year to interest rates by the Federal Reserve.

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index fell 0.1% from its latest all-time high.

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Indian troops have participated in the Russian-led Zapad-2025 military drills, Russian state agency TASS said on Tuesday, highlighting Moscow’s close ties with New Delhi, whose growing ties with the United States have been strained by the imposition of hefty tariffs by President Donald Trump.

The Indian Ministry of Defence confirmed that it had sent 65 armed forces personnel to participate in the five-day military exercise,

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