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Conditions are shaping up for the Bank of Canada to start cutting interest rates, but will our currency throw a wrench in the works?

The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index increased 0.3% last month, the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis said on Friday. Data for February was unrevised to show the PCE price index gaining 0.3% as previously reported.

Former Assistant Treasury Secretary for Economic Policy Michael Faulkender says there is nothing changing to cause a cutback on the inflationary pressures on 'Kudlow.'

He will join Barry Norris' Argonaut Capital to set up the firm's distribution team. Kostoris used to head UK and US sales at Odey AM, and moved to Lancaster IM in November alongside fund managers James Hanbury and Jamie Grimston following the transfer of five Odey AM and Brook Asset Management funds to the firm as the two businesses shut down. Odey Asset Management to wind down business The strategies in question were the LF Brook Absolute Return, Brook Absolute Return IRL, Brook Developed Markets, Brook Absolute Return Focus and LF Odey Opus funds. They have since been renamed ...

U.K.-based mining giant Anglo American has rejected a 31 billion pound ($39 billion) takeover offer from BHP Group, saying it significantly undervalues the company and its growth potential

Global shares are rising despite worries about the economic outlook and inflation in the U.S. and globally

President Joe Biden has arrived in New York state to celebrate a tech company’s plans to build a campus of computer chip factories made possible in part with government support

BNSF will become the second major freight railroad to allow some of its employees to report safety concerns anonymously through a federal system without fear of discipline

«The old joke was you could not become a CEO in the US if you are an Indian, now the joke is you cannot become a CEO in America if you are not Indian, whether it is Google, Microsoft or Starbucks, people have come and made a big difference,» said the US Ambassador. More than one in 10 CEOs of Fortune 500 companies now are Indian immigrants who studied in the United States, said Garcetti.

Its AUM rose 9.4% year-on-year overall, increasing 3.9% over the first quarter alone. This was partly driven by various «market dynamics», including positive foreign exchange effect alongside overall net inflows hitting €53.5bn over 12 months to the end of March 2024. US sustainable funds suffer highest redemptions on record in first quarter In Q1, Amundi recorded net inflows of €16.6bn, which the CEO Valérie Baudson noted were «very balanced» across its main client segments, variety of expertise bases and geographies. This pushed against the wider slowdown trend across European...

As investors grapple with geopolitical tensions and ambiguity on interest-rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve, another risk looms – the upcoming US Presidential election. A survey in April by Bofa Securities showed that global fund managers see the US election as the third-biggest risk to their portfolios, with 12% of respondents expressing caution regarding this. In Bofa's February survey, it was at the fifth spot.

India Today reported. Achinthya Sivalingam, who hails from Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore and was brought up in Columbus, Ohio, has been banned from the University, for participating in the agitation within the campus premises, pending a disciplinary process. She was arrested along with fellow student, Hassan Sayed.

mutual fund scheme Mirae Asset NYSE FANG+ETF FoF-Reg(G) delivered nearly 20% returns in the January-March quarter outperforming its peers in this category in the said period. The returns were higher not just against those domestic funds which invest in Indian equities but also those which invest in overseas stocks. As per the data available with Amfi, the number of thematic funds at the end of March stood at 160 which includes global, MNC and overseas fund-of-funds. The average returns delivered by this category in the January-March quarter stood at 5.10%.

«I think the overriding is that the strong earnings growth in India and the fact that it is the domestic investors who are deciding the direction of the market much more than in the past when it was foreigners who would be held back by investing in emerging markets because they were worried about a stronger dollar. So, I feel same as I felt two years ago that it is still a good market,» says Mark Matthews, Julius Baer. Now, May is likely to be a very hectic month, full of data points, especially global mixed data points coming out of US. Here, we are already looking at progress of monsoon, earnings, and polls. What is your current positioning as far as Indian markets go? Well, we have been bulls on India for, I guess, around two years now and there is no change to that view. Of course, emerging markets are often slowed down by a stronger dollar and we have had a stronger dollar up until a couple of days ago.

investment firm Capria Ventures has concluded the fundraising for its India Opportunity Fund at Rs 153 crore (around $19 million). Previously known as Unitus Ventures, Capria had announced the first close of the fund at Rs 80 crore in February 2023.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning to Americans regarding the use of crypto money-transmitting services that are not registered as Money Services Businesses (MSBs) in accordance with United States federal law. 

Cboe plans to close its spot crypto trading platform by Q3, with cash-settled crypto futures moving to the Cboe Futures Exchange by 2025.

horror film 'The Exorcism', reports 'Deadline'. The film revolves around troubled and failed actor Anthony Miller, who begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film. Played by Ryan Simpkins, his estranged daughter wonders if the actor is slipping back into his past addictions, or if something more sinister is haunting him. This is Russel Crowe's second film in the exorcism subgenre in just two years. 'The Exorcism' has come on the heels of Sony’s 'The Pope’s Exorcist', which grossed nearly $77 million worldwide.

Sanjiv Bhasin, Director, IIFL Securities, says “in midcap IT, we are overweight on LTIM. We have been very positive on HCL Tech and Wipro. Wipro is our top largecap pick along with HCL Tech. However, the real fire in the belly is BHEL and Ircon. Put your money there because those are going to be the real outperformers at least till the elections.” Yesterday there was a good short covering. The May series will see a confluence of a lot of factors – the progress of monsoon, progress of polls, progress of earning season and now the US data. What do you think? Sell in May and go away will work or just like last time round, it would not work this time as well? Sanjiv Bhasin: You have been on a nice holiday in April. I suggest you take another break in May because yes, selling in May and going on a holiday is very much on the card. Markets have ignored all news and are relentless in their rally to upside and now all good news including NDA getting 450 seats on the poll front are also getting priced in. So, I would advise a lot of caution, particularly in stocks and sectors, which are not aligning with the growth which has come.

An American traveller to Turks and Caicos is facing a potential mandatory minimum sentence of 12 years in prison for bringing hunting ammunition into the British territory.

International and domestic gold and silver prices gained on Thursday after the Dollar eased after US first-quarter GDP rose less than expected in the first quarter. The rise comes on hopes the Fed could move to lower interest rates after weak GDP numbers.