UNCERTAINTY

The world's biggest cryptocurrency has been under pressure in recent months, its slide accelerating this week after the first debate between U.S. presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump raised the spectre of Biden being replaced as a cand...

The world's biggest cryptocurrency Bitcoin's decline gained momentum this week following the initial debate between US presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump, which sparked concerns about potential changes in Biden's candidacy. Bitcoin f...

Indian crypto traders are flocking to Futures & Options (F&O) markets, with leading exchanges like CoinDCX and Delta Exchange experiencing a volume surge. However, a cloud of uncertainty hangs over the regulatory landscape regarding F&O taxation. Th...

Amid market volatility, potential alliances to block the far-right have emerged in France's election. The RN party eyes a possible absolute majority, adding to ongoing uncertainty and investor concerns.

Big U.S. lenders brace for Fed stress tests evaluating capital resilience in economic hardships, impacting returns to investors amid challenges in regional lending and commercial real estate.

Apple on Friday said it would delay the rollout of its recently announced AI features in Europe because of "regulatory uncertainties" linked to the EU's new landmark legislation to curb the power of big tech. Apple earlier this month unveiled "Apple...

The WGC survey received responses from a record-high 70 central banks. The survey shows that Central bank sentiment towards gold remains very high, with 29 per cent saying they will add more gold in the next 12 months and 81 per cent saying that off...

Corporates are preparing for revenue uncertainties in the April-June period due to a slowdown in government spending and the onset of the monsoon season, as reported by domestic rating agency Icra. Sequential revenue growth is expected to taper in t...

European shares slip amid French political uncertainty. Technology stocks rise, auto shares fall. Leftwing parties challenge National Rally, Crest Nicholson rejects Bellway's offer.

Employers in India are showing caution in short-term hiring for the July-September quarter, with a net employment outlook of 30%, six percentage points lower than the current quarter and the same period last year. While 48% of employers plan to hire...

Asian stocks fell as traders reduced bets for Fed rate cuts due to a tight US labor market. A snap election in France raised political concerns, impacting the euro. MSCI's Asia-Pacific shares index also dropped.

Most investors are best served by investing into diversified equity funds, where fund managers will express their conviction on sector/themes stocks, with graded underweight/overweight calls.

I think the political outcome was suggesting that there is kind of a weak sentiment at the lower end of the income pyramid. And whether we accept it or not but India has seen a K-shaped consumption recovery post the pandemic. So, most of the high fr...

In Citi's house view, we think that the Fed rate cut will start early, so we have put our first RBI rate cut in October, to some extent also factoring that in that if Fed moves earlier, then RBI gets the scope to move as well.

​So, I guess the frothy valuation stocks will come down, corrections will happen. Markets might consolidate for some time and to some extent it is healthy. Also, probably we will have a strong opposition so we will have to see what kind of reforms g...

Indian government bond yields surged as early voting trends showed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's NDA leading, causing the benchmark 10-year yield to jump to 7.0130%.

The tycoon in 2018 launched plans for the lunar flyby voyage. He bought seats for eight traveling companions in 2022 for what would be his second space journey after his 12-day trip to the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in...

At least two companies – HCLTech and Birlasoft – have gone on record to say that from the usual 10-12 year deals earlier, long-term arrangements are now ending in four years. Earlier, the tenures ranged between 10-12 years.

Gold prices have surged to a record high of $2,400/oz, driven by uncertainty rather than demand. Central banks have significantly increased their gold holdings, with a notable shift towards ETF investments.