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Before FIRE Underestimating expenses Have a realistic understanding of expenses in retirement, including healthcare, housing and other costs. “Inflation levels, especially for critical illness and children’s education, have been scaling up over the past few years.

mutual funds have only one mandate: to maintain ‘balance’ between equity and debt. However, this is not the way that the existing balanced funds in India have been managed over the years. Most funds in this segment maintain a tilt towards equities to qualify for the preferential equity taxation.

Investing.com — Here is your Pro Recap of the biggest insider trades and institutional investor headlines you may have missed last week: Corvex doubles stake in Southwest Gas, Ancora supports Forward Air’s decision to terminate Omni Logistics merger, Satori's Dan Niles covers shorts in Tesla and Apple and looks to re-short higher, and top brass buys at Truist Financial, Nasdaq, and Commercial Metals.

To listen to Peter Orszag, the new CEO of Lazard, talk about the bank's results yesterday, you might assume that things are going well there. According to its presentation, Lazard wants to hire 10-15 managing directors 'net' every year. In an interview with Financial News, Orszag declared that these bankers will cover everything from technology to industrials, healthcare and energy and that Lazard will also be hiring for Germany, America, restructuring and its private capital business. 

Ted Pick, the head of Morgan Stanley's investment bank, is going to become Morgan Stanley's new CEO. He found out yesterday at 5pm EST when he was walked into a room and was given a standing ovation. If you want to be like Ted, there are a few techniques you might to integrate into your self-management toolkit. 

So, James Gorman has chosenTed Pick to be the new CEO of Morgan Stanley. I am not surprised. The moment James Gorman eliminated former CFO Jon Pruzan, Pick was the only realistic choice remaining. 

You wouldn’t necessarily think that multistrategy hedge fund “pod shops” had much in common with the characters from “Sex and the City”. But Millennium’s Izzy Englander is lamenting that successful portfolio managers are like New York men over the age of 30 — all the good ones have been taken.

DLF, TARC, Raheja, and Unity Group, who are releasing inventory after a long time, are suddenly recording a rush of residents from Central and West Delhi as they seek exclusivity and security in gated communities. According to experts, this is the first time that so many branded products will come to the market, where supply has always been an issue. «There is an inherent demand in Central and West Delhi, with people living there now wanting to move to gated condominiums with all the facilities. They have been forced to go to satellite towns due to a lack of supply,» said Amar Sarin, managing director and CEO of TARC Ltd. TARC has planned a luxury residential project in Kirti Nagar and is expected to launch about 400 apartments within this quarter. DLF will also soon announce the last tower of the 2.1 million sq.

Investing.com — Here is your weekly Pro Recap of the past week's biggest headlines in the electric vehicle space: EV makers are hitting pause on EV production; BP makes a deal; and Tesla escapes EU probe.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) — The head of self-driving auto technologies firm Mobileye and one of Israel's leading businessmen, Amnon Shashua, on Sunday urged the immediate ouster of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government.

Tether, the preeminent stablecoin firm globally, has once again exemplified its resolve against illicit financial activities by freezing 32 cryptocurrency addresses, implicated in terrorism and warfare funding within Israel and Ukraine. The move showcases the intensifying collaboration between cryptocurrency establishments and global law enforcement to counteract the rising tide of digital-financed crime.

On October 15, 2023, the Solana Foundation announced a significant partnership with the Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) Crypto Centre, aiming to bolster the Web3 sector in Dubai—a recognized global hub for cryptocurrency and blockchain innovations. This alliance is expected to foster a conducive environment for member companies and developers at the DMCC Crypto Centre, enabling them to expand their projects both technically and business-wise.

Niti Aayog's, the government's think-tank, is finalising the draft Vison 2047, projecting India to be $30 trillion economy and will lay out a roadmap to help India escape the middle-income trap as India becomes a developed nation by 2047. The document, which will be released by PM Narendra Modi, and made public over the next three months will focus on radical restructuring of the government, NITI Aayog CEO BVR Subramanian said in a select media briefing on Sunday. The Aayog, which has harmonised and combined the recommendations of the 10 secretary-level sectoral groups, will hold final presentation to these group in the first week of November followed by meeting with thought leaders including industrialists and academia in the third week of November as it plans to finalise the draft document by December 2023. According to Subramanian, the government has projected India's population to be 150 crore by 2047 and the per capita income of $18,000-$20,000 by 2047 based on which the broad vision has been firmed up. «For India to be a developed nation, we need to recast the whole government in a way that decisions are taken at the lower level while upper level is responsible to strategise for a better future with targetted intervention,» he said. Niti Aayog has done macro modelling, fixing tangible goals for the country by 2030 and structural changes needed by 2047 to make India a Viksit Bharat as envisioned by PM Modi, Subramanian said. The Vision 2047 document, the work on which kick-started in December 2021, will see greater role of states in implementing the policies as Centre and states work together as Team India.

Nestle losing some of its shine recently, Unilever remains at a discount to its Swiss rival on a forward price-to-earnings ratio. To close the gap, Schumacher needs to achieve the seemingly impossible at Unilever: expand the amount of Axe deodorant and Lux soap that it can sell.

As the benchmark indices are down nearly 7% from mid-September peaks on the back of relentless selling by foreign portfolio investors, rising US Treasury yields and the Israel-Hamas conflict, retail investors must take note that every correction is a great opportunity to buy quality stocks at reasonable price for long-term gains. Market corrections are ideal for rebalancing the portfolio, going for value funds, looking at a multi-asset strategy and staying invested in their planned equity investments.

Gurugram has emerged as the unrivalled leader in India’s booming real estate sector in 2023. The city’s dynamic growth is reshaping the landscape, driven by a confluence of factors that are revolutionizing the industry.

Axis Bank is well capitalised with a self-sustaining capital structure for funding organic growth, its managing director and CEO Amitabh Chaudhry has said. He said the bank expects to grow higher than the industry average on the credit side. It would be 400-600 basis points higher than the industry in the MSME segment this fiscal. To fund business growth, he said, the bank has adequate capital to take care of its needs during the current financial year.

Marico Group Chairman Harsh Mariwala has shared his views on the X platform. According to Mariwala, it is an undeniable fact that hard work is the backbone of success but, "It is not about the hours clocked in. It's about the quality and passion one brings to those hours".

FinEdge. “With indices at record highs, investors should avoid any hasty decision driven by FOMO, as such market conditions can tempt investors to take undue risks. It will be prudent for investors to continue with their planned investments through systematic investment plans (SIPs).

Here’s one for investors on the hunt for potential bargains in the battered biotech sector.

Bumble from her phone. This is the fourth dating app—after Coffee Meets Bagel, Hinge and The League—that she has given up on in as many years. “If you ever decide to do an anti-dating apps campaign, I’ll be more than happy to share horror stories,” she told a professional matchmaker after hitting Uninstall. Manisha, 35, is a media entrepreneur from Delhi, who has had a range of unpleasant and disturbing experiences while trying to find a romantic companion through these apps. Being ghosted, catfished and lied to about age is a routine affair on these platforms, as is receiving unsolicited messages and pictures. “I’ve even had someone casually bring up their money laundering charges on the first phone call,” she says. “Dating apps are a high-effort and low-reward game,” Manisha concludes.