Why Mutual Funds are emerging as the default investment choice
At the Mint Money Festival, held on 14 February in Mumbai, Madhu Nair, CEO of Union Mutual Fund, and Kailash Kulkarni, CEO of HSBC Mutual Fund, argued that the industry’s rapid growth reflects a structural transformation in Indian savings behaviour rather than short-term market enthusiasm.
Structural shift
Nair described the mutual fund licence as “a very powerful licence”
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Read MoreHere’s Why Jacob Funds Established a Position in Cabaletta Bio (CABA)
Jacob Funds, a mutual fund company, released its fourth-quarter 2025 investor letter. A copy of the same can be downloaded here. After an optimistic quarter, equity markets corrected slightly in November. Although overall economic growth has been robust throughout the year, recent divergent data on consumer spending and the labor market have put doubt on future projections.
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Read MoreStock Market Today: Stock Futures Rise as Tech Stocks Gain Ground Amid Easing AI Fears
Futures were pointing to a higher open for the major stock indexes on Wednesday as the AI rally found its footing after a string of volatile sessions colored by concerns about AI-driven disruption.
Futures contracts connected to the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 were up 0.5% in premarket trading Wednesday, while S&P 500 futures rose 0.4% and Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were up 0.2%.
Leveraged ETFs Are Not Long-Term Holdings. Here's Why.
Leveraged ETFs promise supercharged gains. The math tells a different story.
Imagine you’re at a casino, and someone offers you a deal: every time the roulette wheel lands on black, you win double. Sounds amazing, right? But there’s a catch. Every time the ball lands on red, you lose double too.
That’s basically a leveraged exchange-traded fund (ETF) in a nutshell.
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Read MoreTrump doubles down on trade war as administration leaves question of tariff refunds to the courts
President Donald Trump has waded back into Netflix’s business by telling the streaming giant to remove board member Susan Rice or “pay the consequences.”
Last night’s post by Trump renewed the prospect that he will put his thumb on the scale as his administration reviews Netflix’s pending mega-merger.
Read MoreThe Burst
Is Meta Breaking Out?
Headlines swirled in recent days that Mark Zuckerberg was meeting with President-Elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
Some speculated Zuckerberg was going to “bend the knee” while others thought he was looking for an active role in the new administration.
What we haven’t seen anyone discuss yet is whatever conversation did take place in that room appears to have been received well by markets because Meta now seems to be breaking higher.
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Read MoreThe Ivy
This $11 Trillion Giant Just Got Cheaper, Is It Time to Buy?
When you manage more than $11 trillion in assets, your decisions ripple across global markets. That’s the world BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) operates in, a behemoth in asset management with tentacles in everything from ETFs and private equity to real estate and cutting-edge fintech. But in today’s choppy market, is BlackRock still a stock worth owning?
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Spotlight: 1 Stock To Get Hot and Bothered By
Sometimes a deal just falls in your lap and that might well be the case now with Match Group. The online dating giant houses many, perhaps even most, of the dating apps you have heard of, from Tinder to Hinge.
Sadly for shareholders, the stock has had a downright awful year, plunging 26% year-to-date after a poorly received earnings report a few days ago.
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