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Gautam Kalia, Head-Super Investor, Sharekhan By BNP Paribas, says “investors who have spent some time in the market and who have got a certain amount of experience consider trigger SIPs to enhance their SIP returns. Also most of these investors have a large lump sum amount. So when you have a large lump sum amount but you are not extremely comfortable with current market valuations and then you want to move that money in a staggered form back into the market that is really when trigger SIPs work wonders for investors.” The rule of SIP is to never stop it if you want to really make the most of your investment in mutual funds via SIPs. Markets are always going to be volatile, but then discipline is the key ingredient to having a great corpus and maybe even to get the power of compounding activated. In what way do you think it is a bad financial call to stop your SIP? The easiest way to explain it is you go to a shop regularly to buy clothes and you go to the same shop one day to shop and you realise that things are on sale and that is the one day you decide not to buy because things are on sale and really that is how you need to view the market as a long term SIP investor.

Investing.com -  Crude prices fell 2% Thursday, reversing the previous day’s gain, on signs that Israel was acceding to international calls to hold back from a ground invasion of Gaza, as world powers worked to limit casualties and also negotiate the release of some 200 Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

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Embattled debt investors like the look of 5% Treasury yields as they weigh the risk-versus-reward scales for the world’s biggest bond market.

The Biden administration is meeting with China’s top diplomats this week to try to repair a relationship between the two superpowers that has grown rocky.

Master Capital Services pointed out that a few important factors impacting the US markets are the US 10-year bond yield crossed 5 per cent on hawkish commentary by US Fed Chairman Powell hinting at more rate hikes to control inflation. "It is expected that there will be further rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve as inflation is still not in control. The US unemployment rate also spiked to 3.8 per cent in August, the highest since Feb 2022.

bonds provide investors with a comparatively secure and reliable investment alternative. Because they are guaranteed by the Indian government, these bonds are among the safest investments in India. Exciting news! Mint is now on WhatsApp Channels. Subscribe today by clicking the link and stay updated with the latest financial insights! Click here According to Abhijit Roy, CEO, of GoldenPi, in the Indian bond market, government bonds are crucial pieces of equipment that the government uses to raise money.

green card queue, the majority are in the EB-2 and EB-3 categories. There is a high chance that the backlog for these categories will grow further in 2024. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) website mentioned the inventory of employment-based adjustment of status applications for EB-2 and EB-3 categories from India is significantly high for the fiscal year 2024 and beyond (October 1, 2023 - September 30, 2024).

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Have Indian equity markets decoupled? While the global equity markets have faced challenges, with declines of average 2.37% in last six months as against Nifty Fifty returns of 11.5%, India has managed to buck the trend and gain ground. The resilience and strength displayed by the Indian equity markets have led some to believe that they have decoupled from global trends.

“Country after country as well as World Bank, United Nations, WTO, Africa Union, European Union, G20, BRICS, everyone is chanting that the digital infrastructure that India has built can accelerate the world economy, especially in those countries which have lack of infrastructure,” Bharti Airtel chairman Sunil Mittal said during the inauguration of India Mobile Congress. He also stressed about the success India has achieved in manufacturing, particularly digital infrastructure in the last few years. “I spoke about it last year that manufacturing of the scale and size which we want may not happen in India during my lifetime. But I realised that India is moving fast,” Mittal said. He highlighted that companies ranging from Apple to Dixon to Samsung and Tata’s, every company, be it small or big, are getting into manufacturing and India is emerging as a world leader in manufacturing, especially digital infrastructure.

PTI, “Whether it is World Bank, United Nations, WTO, African Union, European Union, G20, OECD countries, BRICS; everyone is saying that the digital infrastructure that India has built can accelerate the world economy, especially in those countries which have lack of infrastructure." Mittal informed that Airtel has already extended its WiFi services to 5,000 towns and 20,000 villages and expressed the company's commitment to providing nationwide 5G coverage by March 2024. Also Read: India Mobile Congress 2023: PM Modi inaugurates tech event at Bharat Mandapam today; Theme, schedule, other details here Mittal stressed, “Satellite communication and said that it is here to serve every inch of our country and of course the globe.

US bond yields hit a multi-decade high just when talks of things getting better were doing the rounds. To add to the negatives plaguing the market, the war in the middle eastis showing no signs of cooling down. Most of the times, the warning from bond markets should not be taken lightly.

The BSE Sensex was trading 500 points higher, above 63,600. Nifty50 was trading above 19,000, up 155 points at around 9.50 a.m. From the Sensex stocks, Infosys, Tata Steel, M&M, NTPC, SBI and Wipro opened with gains, while only Asian Paints, UltraTech Cement, and HUL opened with cuts. Among individual stocks, Karnataka Bank rose 5% after the board of the bank approved the allotment of Rs 800 crore on a preferential basis. Meanwhile, Vodafone Idea shares traded nearly 3% higher despite its consolidated net loss widened to Rs 8,738 crore in Q2 FY24 from Rs 7,595 crore in Q2 FY23. All major sectoral indices logged gains.

Federal Reserve’s commentary on interest rates and economy when it meets next week. MCX December gold futures were trading flat at Rs 60,955 per 10 gram, up by Rs 3.

China when they gather in Osaka this weekend. Group of Seven trade ministers convene on Saturday and Sunday against a backdrop of soaring geopolitical risk due to the Middle East and Ukraine conflicts and diplomatic relations frayed by sanctions and trade barriers meant to enhance industrial security. In an indication of the importance of supply chains, the G-7 will hold talks with India, Indonesia, Australia, Chile and Kenya.

Li was China’s No. 2 leader from 2013-23 and an advocate for private business but was left with little authority after President Xi Jinping made himself the most powerful Chinese leader and tightened control over the economy and society. The English-speaking, elite Peking University-educated economist was considered a contender to succeed then-Communist Party leader Hu Jintao in 2013 but was passed over in favor of Xi.

Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Also Read: Buy or sell: Vaishali Parekh recommends three stocks to buy today — October 27 Here are key global market cues for Sensex today: Asian markets rebounded to trade higher on Friday as investors weighed on key economic data in the region. Japan’s Nikkei 225 traded 0.56% higher and the Topix gained 0.6%.

'Breaking the Mould: Reimagining India’s Economic Future,' will be released on 7 December. In a tweet, the publication house wrote, “We're absolutely thrilled to introduce #BreakingTheMould, a thought-provoking journey into India's economic future by the brilliant stalwarts, Dr.