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Veteran trader Peter Brandt predicts Bitcoin’s next bull market peak could reach $150,000 by late August or early September 2025.

«The recent pressure on the benchmark indices this week isn't primarily due to concerns about the election results. There's a broad consensus that the BJP will secure a simple majority. The debate is more about the exact number of seats,» says Harsh Gupta Madhusudan, NSE International Exchange. First of all, how are you viewing the election outcome? What are your predictions or analysis on this? There is some pressure on the benchmark indices and broader markets ahead of the election. Could this pressure intensify post-earnings given the lack of support from FIIs? What are your expectations from the election outcome? The recent pressure on the benchmark indices this week isn't primarily due to concerns about the election results. There's a broad consensus that the BJP will secure a simple majority. The debate is more about the exact number of seats. The final outcome will be known on June 4th. The recent market dip is more related to broader Asia selling off as US yields hit 4.6% on the 10-year, and the dollar index reached 105, although it moderated slightly when the US first quarter GDP annualized came in at 1.3% instead of 1.6%. This was more about US macroeconomic factors driving an Asia equity selloff rather than concerns about the Indian election results, as seen in the Nifty and Sensex over the past few days.

Gold prices steadied on Monday as investors looked forward to more U.S. economic data for clues on when the Federal Reserve might start its monetary policy easing this year. FUNDAMENTALS

BONK’s recent price decline has led to a significant drop in investor confidence, reflected in the asset’s Open Interest (OI). OI fell from $24 million to $16 million, slightly recovering to $17.27 million.

Prashant Kishor on Saturday asked the public not to “waste time" on analysis of “fake journalists" and “self-proclaimed experts" on social media platforms.In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Kishore wrote, “Next time when there is talk of elections and politics, do not waste your valuable time on useless talks and analysis of idle fake journalists, loudmouth politicians and self-proclaimed experts of social media."The exit polls on June 1 predicted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would retain power for a third straight term, with the Bharatiya Janata-led NDA expected to win a big majority in the general elections.Also Read | Live updates on Lok Sabha Election 2024 Exit PollsOn Saturday, most exit polls suggested that the BJP-led NDA could secure more than 350 seats out of the 543 in the Lok Sabha. Additionally, three exit polls indicate that the NDA might achieve a historic milestone by surpassing 400 seats in the Lok Sabha elections.Many exit polls also predicted a significant victory for the BJP in Congress-governed Karnataka.

Mint have considered some select agencies whose predictions were available for the previous two national elections. At least two polling agencies—Today's Chanakya and Axis My India—made somewhat accurate predictions to varying degrees in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections. For the purpose of this analysis, the errors are based on a comparison of an alliance’s final seat tally and the midpoint of the range that a pollster predicted.

exit polls are flashing a clear advantage to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led NDA faction, top voices on Dalal Street see a continuation of reform policies in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third term. They expect the government's focus on infrastructure, defence, railways and other sectors to continue. According to the poll-of-polls, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is projected to secure over 350 seats out of the 542 contested, spanning seven phases over 48 days.

Bitcoin (BTC) has failed to sustain its overnight bullish momentum, trading near $67,700. This downturn is influenced by several factors, including a $300 million hack at a Japanese crypto exchange and President Biden’s veto of a bill targeting SEC crypto regulations.

Lok Sabha election's final phase, spanning seven stages, will conclude on Saturday. Subsequently, attention will turn towards exit polls, which are expected to predict the possible composition of the upcoming government.Also Read: Lok Sabha Election Phase 7 Voting Live Updates: Polling begins in 57 seats; PM Modi, Kangana Ranaut in frayThe primary focus will revolve around determining whether the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) or the opposition bloc led by Congress, known as INDIA (Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance), is likely to emerge victorious.According to the regulations set by the Election Commission of India (ECI), exit polls are prohibited from being conducted during the voting process.

Banking giants that once had the most ground to lose to the burgeoning world of private credit keep finding more ways — and much more money — to pump into the sector.

The Supreme Court has given homeowners another chance to force Bank of America and other large banks to pay interest on mortgage escrow accounts

Exit Polls Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Exit polls are highly anticipated events preceding the official vote count by the Election Commission of India (ECI). Political analysts and psephologists meticulously analyze data to predict which party might have an edge in each state. An exit poll is conducted immediately after voting concludes in parliamentary or assembly elections. The exit polls for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections will be broadcast live on June 1, following the completion of the final voting phase. Voting for the last phase will continue until 6 pm on Saturday, with exit poll results going live from 6:30 pm onwards. The Battle for Power in 2024

The pace of hiring remains strong for lower-earning Americans, holding steady above its pre-pandemic baseline even as the demand for higher-income workers has waned slightly, according to new data from Vanguard.

Azuro, a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) building a protocol for blockchain-based predictions, has partnered with hyperchain Sophon to improve its prediction app development by combining technologies.

UBS Wealth Management SVP Brenda O’Connor Juanas and the Lonski Group founder John Lonski discuss the earnings season and share their market outlook for 2024 on ‘Mornings with Maria.’

renewable energy unit of billionaire Gautam Adani’s empire is at risk of missing key growth targets unless it resorts to a share issue to consolidate its finances, according to a report by Snowcap Research. Adani Green Energy Ltd., a company within the sprawling conglomerate of India’s second-richest man, is falling short of its stated return targets, London-based Snowcap said in a 51-page report on Thursday. The lower returns, coupled with rising debt-financing costs, mean the firm may not have sufficient funding to meet its 2030 renewable energy goal. The company “can meet just 50% of its 50GW target funding requirement by 2030 without raising equity, despite claiming this target is ‘fully funded’,” Snowcap said.

increase of 43 per cent over the last five years in the assets of 324 MPs who have entered the poll fray again in this Lok Sabha elections, according to an analysis by a poll rights body. The average assets of these MPs in 2019 was around Rs 21.55 crore while in the current electoral cycle, the average asset value has increased «significantly» to Rs 30.88 crore, marking an increase of Rs 9.33 crore over the past five years, the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) said in a report. It analysed the financial growth among Members of Parliament (MPs) recontesting in the 2024 general elections. The counting of votes for the seven-phase polls will be taken up on June 4. The percentage growth in assets for these 324 MPs between the 2019 and 2024 polls averages at 43 per cent, the ADR said.

r 57 parliamentary seats on June 1. The results will be declared on June 4.Election watchdog Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) analysed the self-sworn affidavits of 8,337 of the 8,360 candidates in the fray in seven phases.

Pankaj Pandey, Head Research, ICICIdirect.com, says if the incumbent government gets a simple kind of a majority, it could be a non-event for the market. The focus, again, will shift towards the earning side or the kind of announcements that one would expect in the Budget or subsequent policy announcements in various sectors. That will hold the key and that is where we are largely focusing upon. Pandey also says that since the monsoon expectation is also good, the focus will shift towards the overall infra spend side and cement is one sector where we have not seen much of a price performance. He likes key players like ACC, Ambuja, UltraTech or JK Cement which he says are going to experience a slightly better growth rate than the industry.

and markets calibrate their share values, employee stock options or ESOPs are increasingly being seen as a lucrative perk for those being hired in top positions. The period January-May 2024 has seen 340.5 million shares being allotted through ESOPs by 461 listed companies, according to an analysis by Mint of data from Capitaline database. The same period last year had seen 253.9 million ESOP allocations by 382 companies.

Increasing relative humidity across all climate zones has worsened the heat index (combination of air temperature and relative humidity) and heat stress in every city," said a trend-analysis report released by the Center for Science and Environment. The study was conducted by the CSE between the summers of January 2001 and April 2024.The CSE explained in its analysis that the heat stress is not just about rising temperatures.