Fears of elevated interest rates dampened the mood on Wall Street at the start of this year–but cooling core inflation and dovish comments by Federal Reserve governor Christopher Waller have given investors reason to feel a bit more cheerful this week.
After data showed the core consumer price index rose just 0.2% last month,
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The S&P 500 is up 1.1%, and on track to gain 3.2% this week. That would be its best week since Nov. 8, according to Dow Jones Market Data. The Dow is up 433 points, or 1%, and 4% on the week. It’s also on track for its best week since Nov.
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A research report singing the praises of the cryptocurrency mining sector was a key impetus behind Riot Platforms‘ (RIOT 5.12%) rise over the past few stock trading sessions. The Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) specialist’s shares were enjoying a nearly 11% lift week to date as of Friday before market open as a result,
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Shares of Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL)(NASDAQ: GOOG), known for its Google subsidiary, are up an impressive 34% in the past year and currently trading just a few points from their all-time high.
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Stock market crash: Indian stocks came under significant selling pressure in Friday’s trading session, January 17, driven by a sharp sell-off in banking and IT counters, which caused the frontline indices to end the session lower, breaking their 3-day winning streak.
The sell-off could have been more severe if heavyweights such as Reliance Industries and ITC had not supported the markets,
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Cryptocurrency wallet provider Phantom Technologies Inc. has raised $150 million in a new funding at a $3 billion valuation.
The Series C round was led by Sequoia Capital and Paradigm. Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z crypto venture capital arm and Variant also participated in the round,
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MUTUAL FUND BRIEFING – DECEMBER 2024
The month of December 2024 saw overall mutual fund AUM contract to ₹66.93 Trillion. December was almost a repeat of October when the sharp correction in the markets led to contraction in AUM. December 2024 also saw sharp outflows from debt funds, which is normal considering quarter end treasury commitments.
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The market regulator has asked mutual funds to disclose Information Ratio (IR) to capture the risk-adjusted return (RAR) ratio of any scheme or portfolio.
This will be applicable only to equity-oriented schemes.