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Investing in the Future: Budget 2024’s Impact on Financial Markets

International College of Financial Planning

Following the announcement of the interim Budget, the Indian stock markets traded more or less flat as there were no shocks or surprises for the market– rather the focus was kept on inclusive growth and prosperity with fiscal prudence. India’s Real GDP is projected to grow by 7.3% Lakh Crores, equivalent to 3.4%

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The Economy vs. Interest Rates

Bell Investment Advisors

The broader economy surprises, too. With a seemingly unstoppable labor market and an economy that’s defied recession expectations, why have most financial markets declined since July? government is used to discount future cash flows, the expectation of higher rates drags down the price of stocks and bonds.

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Financial Market Round-Up – Jan’24

Truemind Capital

Equity Market Insights: “Investing is 5% intellect and 95% temperament. It means finding the strategy that will allow you to sit quietly when your emotions are screaming at you to do the wrong thing.” – Ian Cassel Unfortunately, having the right temperament for investment is not common.

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Financial Market Round-Up – Apr’23

Truemind Capital

Equity Market Insights: The last quarter has seen one of the major shakeups from the prevailing easy situation over the last decade for the global economies. Thankfully, the Governments intervened to avoid major spillover effects on the overall economy. The Adani saga also aggravated volatility. For the last 1.5

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Air Bags Deployed to Cushion Bank Crashes

Investing Caffeine

In recent years, COVID and a ZIRP (Zero Interest Rate Policy) caused out-of-control inflation to swerve the economy in the wrong direction. Investors were generally relieved by the government’s response, and the financial markets reacted accordingly. economy has been greatly exaggerated. The S&P 500 rose +3.5%

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MiB: Liz Hoffman on Crash Landing

The Big Picture

 This week, we speak with Liz Hoffman , who is the business and finance editor at Semafor and author of “ Crash Landing: The Inside Story of How the World’s Biggest Companies Survived an Economy on the Brink.” She was previously a senior reporter at The Wall Street Journal, where she covered financial markets and corporate dealmaking.

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Three Things – Weekend Reading

Discipline Funds

So, if you have an 8% interest loan of some sort you can compare that to financial market returns like stocks and bonds and ask yourself “would I be smarter to invest cash in a diversified portfolio or pay down this debt in what is essentially a guaranteed 8% return on the loan?” in my Defined Duration model.