Bitcoin signage on the trading floor during the Plan B Forum Bitcoin Conference in San Salvador, El Salvador, on January 30, 2026. The conference brings together world leaders, technologists and entrepreneurs to discuss nation-state adoption of Bitcoin, the economy, financial freedom and freedom of expression. | Photo credit: Camilo Freedman Bitcoin could fall further after […]
Budget 2026 places renewed emphasis on the labour-intensive textile sector, especially in the context of new market access opportunities arising from the recently concluded free trade agreements with the UK and the European Union | Photo credit: PERIASAMY M India’s ambition to achieve developed economy status by 2047 has sharpened policy focus on long-term sustainable […]
The Budget 2026 maintained a trend of steadily reducing the fiscal deficit and indicated that the figure for FY26 was 4.4 percent. This is expected to decline further to 4.3 percent in FY27. As the transition to a debt-to-GDP regime begins, this figure for the current fiscal stands at 56.1 percent and is expected to […]
Amid growing churn in high-growth parts of the market, investors’ focus is shifting from momentum-driven themes to valuation comfort and liquidity. The fast-paced trade, once a clear favorite, is now showing signs of fatigue as newcomers prepare to crowd an already frothy landscape. According to Sandeep Tandon, CIO at Quant Mutual Fund, the recent underperformance […]
The Indian bond market remained steady throughout the month, with 10-year government bond yields falling four basis points to 6.49%, according to Axis Mutual Fund’s Fixed Income Review.The tone in global markets was also supportive, as US Treasury yields fell on growing expectations that the US Federal Reserve would announce a rate cut at its […]
Jio BlackRock AMC will launch its new arbitrage fund NFO between December 9 and 11, positioning it as a tax-efficient, zero-risk investment option at a time when market sentiment is improving and returns are declining. CIO Rishi Kohli says arbitrage – classified as an equity product but behaves like fixed income – is a “logical […]
TLDR: Russell 2000 posts record monthly close, indicating rising liquidity and risk appetite. Historical cycles show altcoins recovering after small caps accelerate and BTC aligns. Bitcoin maintains a bullish trend on a higher time frame from the 2022 low despite short-term pullbacks. Macro signals, including rate cuts and potential QE, support a possible altcoin rally […]
Sanjay Malhotra, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) | Photo credit: PTI The RBI’s interest rate panel on Friday voted unanimously to cut the policy repo rate by 25 basis points as favorable inflation prospects opened up policy space to support growth, which is expected to moderate somewhat after growing at 8 per […]
Binance today announced that the BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) will now be accepted as off-exchange collateral for trading on Binance. This validates BUIDL’s role as a fundamental building block of on-chain finance by enabling the exchange’s global user base of institutional and advanced traders to unlock new efficiencies in capital deployment while […]
Indian government bonds fell in early trading on Monday as a weaker rupee and tight liquidity curbed demand, halting a rally fueled by the central bank’s decision to cancel some bond sales, which was seen as a signal of discomfort with rising yields. The yield on the benchmark 10-year bond stood at 6.5415% at 10:40 […]