Should You Claim Social Security Early? 3 Red Flags, 3 Green Lights
Claiming Social Security early sounds ideal if you are ready to retire before the age of 65, but you may not be seeing the whole financial picture of early retirement. Whether you want to start getting benefits at age 62,
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Read MoreNew-Age Tech Stocks: Insurtech Sell-Off Drags Combined M-Cap Down By $3.6 Bn This Week
New-age tech stocks lost $3.6 Bn in combined market capitalisation this week, with Turtlemint and PB Fintech leading declines at 34.97% and 33.02%, respectively
The week highlighted divergent investor appetite, with sharp selling in listed insurtech companies alongside strong bidding for Moneyview’s IPO and fresh fundraising plans from listed companies
Of the 65 stocks tracked by Inc42,
The quiet inflation fighters: How debt mutual funds protected purchasing power
Debt mutual funds are rarely sold as inflation beaters. Yet, over long holding periods, that is largely what they have been. A bl.portfolio analysis of 130 schemes across 11 debt fund categories shows that 89 per cent of seven-year rolling-return observations and 83 per cent of five-year observations beat consumer price inflation).
The finding is particularly relevant at a time when traditional fixed-income products have themselves held up surprisingly well against equities over recent three- and five-year periods.
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Read MoreComparison of FANG+ and Rakuten Tech 12
What is the difference between FANG+ and Rakuten Tech 12?
Although they seem similar, the mechanisms of these ‘US tech concentrated investment’ funds are completely different.
FANG+ has long been popular as an investment trust that allows for concentrated investment in large US tech companies.
And on September 25,
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Read MoreWhy are bank stocks bought even though rising interest rates are a problem?
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Mortgage interest rates are rising. The burden on companies borrowing money is also increasing. Yet, bank stocks are being bought.
Even though it is the same news about “rising interest rates,” the perspective changes depending on one’s position.
I have previously considered the reasons why crude oil prices and U.S.
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Read MoreThe Burst
Is Oracle a Buy on the Dip?
Shares surged after the company revealed a massive agreement reportedly worth up to $300 billion to supply computing capacity to OpenAI. But the excitement didn’t last.
Over the past three months, Oracle stock has fallen by over a third, forcing investors to ask a hard question, did the market overreact on the way up,
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Is Meta Having its iPhone Moment?
Meta’s recent launch of AR glasses with an integrated display and built-in AI assistant looked modest on the surface. In reality, it marked the point where experimentation turned into execution.
Meta has been investing in smart glasses for more than seven years, giving it a meaningful head start. That lead is already visible in the data.
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
AMD Is Positioning Itself for the Next Leg of AI Spending
For much of the AI boom, Advanced Micro Devices has played the role of the talented understudy, high potential, often overlooked, and inevitably compared to Nvidia’s runaway success.
Over two years, AMD’s stock has surged more than 3x, yet Nvidia has soared over 12x. The gap speaks less to AMD’s capabilities and more to how dramatically AI data center spending favored Nvidia early on.
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