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Mark Walter's $2.5B profit on the Los Angeles Lakers sale looks huge. Against a 30% equity rally and transaction costs, it lost to passive indexes.
XLP's cap-weight tilt toward Walmart and Costco has delivered a 5-year lead over equal-weight RSPS. Lower costs and a longer track record make it the defensive pick.
S&P 500 index funds have quadrupled over a decade, but tech concentration near 50% has advisors warning about dot-com parallels. Experts recommend equal-weight, international and small-cap alternatives.
Jack Henry beat Q2 estimates on revenue and EPS, but margin pressure persists. Faster payments growth and a strong backlog could drive margin expansion in H2.
Vanguard Europe's VALL ETF charges 7 bps for 10,000 stocks, undercutting existing all-cap funds from State Street and Vanguard. The Ireland-domiciled fund lists in multiple currencies on LSE and Borsa Italiana.
Arbutus Biopharma plans to repurchase up to $230 million of its common shares through a modified Dutch auction, funded by cash from its March settlement with Moderna.
Kotak and CLSA downgrades hit TCS, Infosys and LTM Friday, citing pricing pressure, AI-led deflation and macro headwinds as the Nifty IT index falls 1%.
CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks hit record highs after an AI security conference. Traders rotated into pure-play vendors. Earnings are next.
DCM Shriram broke above ₹1,065 resistance after a record quarter and strong orderbook. Report sets buy at ₹1,076 with stop at ₹1,015 and target ₹1,200.
Negative gamma returned to the S&P 500 after a 90-bp drop, with correlations rising and semiconductor CDS spreads widening on Broadcom's $60B debt plan.
Nifty ends seven-session losing streak as US Treasury intervention drags yields lower and weakens dollar. Buying emerged at 24,000 support. RBI MPC minutes flagged as most hawkish in a year.
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev says Trump Accounts will start with only S&P 500 ETFs from State Street. The Treasury later added four more low-cost index funds for future allocation.
US yield drop to 4.65% triggers global risk-on move. FIIs bought ₹408 crore of Indian stocks. Sensex rises 504 points, Nifty 118 points.
Nifty opened higher, breaking a seven-session losing streak, as a US Treasury bond buyback announcement eased yields and boosted global risk sentiment. IT stocks led gains.
LIC gets RBI nod to raise HDFC Bank stake to 9.99% as stock hits 52-week low. The move provides a potential floor for India's largest private lender amid a seven-session Nifty losing streak and rising oil prices.
Revenue rose 29% to $44.5M on product sales, but an R&D spending surge pushed the net loss to $120.4M as global trials for two approved oncology drugs accelerated.
SEBI bars Copthall Mauritius and Mansi Share and Stock Broking after finding they manipulated the Sensex closing auction for options profits on August 13.
India Inc's June quarter earnings defied expectations with Nifty 50 profits up 18% YoY, the highest in 10 quarters, Motilal Oswal said. The brokerage called the quarter 'picture perfect'.
Jefferies and Nuvama both downgraded BSE shares, citing the STT hike, tighter RBI norms, and the new Closing Auction Session that has already cut options turnover by 12%.
Concord Biotech cleared the ₹1,480 resistance on strong volume and moving-average crossovers. The stock could rally to ₹1,730 if it holds above the breakout zone, with a stop-loss at ₹1,410.
JB Hi-Fi plunges 11% on weak Q4 spending, NAB warns on Middle East and rates. Gold near $4,400, copper rallies. BHP results due Tuesday.
Nifty 50 fell for fourth straight session, closing at 24,366. Five top firms lost ₹1 lakh crore in market cap. LEAP India, WeWork saw block deals. Manufacturing export disruption hit earnings.
Four straight years of 10%+ S&P 500 gains point to pricey stocks. New projections show a $20,000 lump sum still reaches six figures in 20 years at 9%.
AppLovin’s revenue beat, but deceleration in AXON’s upgrade cycle and a nascent e-commerce push leave the stock valued at a discount. The next catalyst is Q3 earnings in November.
Embecta Corp. lost 57% after slashing revenue guidance and reporting earnings far below expectations. A class action alleges management misled investors. Deadline Aug. 17.
S&P 500 closes at record 7,799. Hegseth says Iran blockade 'indefinite.' UK GDP grows 0.4%. Kospi enters bull market. SK Hynix plans $720B fab.
QBE's half-year ROE hits 17.7%, beating a 15%+ outlook; Brent slid 2.47%; Albanese and Trump discuss scrapping the 12.5% tariff ahead of the ASX open.
ASX futures point to a 0.3% decline despite a softer US CPI that lifted Wall Street. The IEA warns of a 1.8 million barrel a day oil shortfall. ANZ, Telstra, and Monadelphous report quarterly results.
Nifty 50 needs 8% to reclaim its January peak. Mid-caps are 0.14% away. Small-caps need 3.92%. Historical data shows smaller indices recover slower.
CXMT's 466% debut sent memory stocks tumbling, but the prospectus reveals no HBM funding. The real threat is conventional DRAM, and it's years away from challenging AI memory.