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Shibani Sircar Kurian, Senior EVP, Fund Manager & Head -Equity Research, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management, says “our valuations are slightly above long term averages. We do expect to contend with some degree of volatility in the near term. Of course, if there is any correction in the market, as long as earnings delivery continues, that would possibly be an opportunity. But at this point in time, we believe that given that valuations are somewhat elevated, markets could see some degree of volatility.”What is your take on a very boring market? Is it the time to consolidate and look at the bets that you want to add in your portfolio? If you look at it in two parts, we have nothing to complain about the terms of the fundamentals and the delivery on the earnings side. Even in the earning season gone by, the overall earnings trajectory for the broader market was largely in line with estimates and there have been no major earnings downgrades for both FY24 and FY25. So the earnings trajectory remains fairly healthy. However, we have to contend that today in the markets valuations are not cheap and are above long term averages. Whether you look at price to earnings, you look at price to book, you look at yield gap, or market cap to GDP, on every parameter, the market is telling you that valuations today vis-à-vis long term averages are above the mean level.

dollar nursed its sharpest drop in a month and a half on Wednesday, as investors bet that softer-than-expected U.S. jobs data reduced the chances of further Federal Reserve rate hikes. The Japanese yen hovered around 146 per dollar following its overnight rebound from a 10-month trough at 147.375, as a drop in Treasury yields took away support for the U.S.

crisis hotline for the first time sent a message between the world's superpowers. Communicated by Washington to Moscow, the message dated August 30, 1963 was more about testing every letter of the English keyboard than about addressing immediate conflict: «THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPED OVER THE LAZY DOG'S BACK 1234567890.» But since then, the famed hotline has worked to manage tensions — or to send warnings — between Washington and Moscow, whose relations have plunged to new lows over Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The hotline became reality in the wake of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, with president John F. Kennedy and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev agreeing that the world came too close to nuclear war. Never a literal telephone as depicted in movies, the hotline was originally a clunky telegraph machine with cables under the Atlantic and Europe that each side would test every hour. The Pentagon, which managed US communications, would often send trivia such as baseball scores while the Kremlin preferred excerpts from classic Russian literature, Howard Patrick, a linguist who helped operate the first machine, said in a 2014 interview with the Pioneer Press in Minnesota. He said there was shock when the hotline was first put to actual use — a message from the United States to officially inform the Soviets that Kennedy had been assassinated in Dallas. The tool's first use to avert conflict took place in 1967 during the Six-Day War in the Middle East.

Sensex and Nifty closed higher on Tuesday, marking their second straight day of gains amid buoyancy of the global market in anticipation of no further Fed rate hikes. Stocks that were in focus included names like RCF, which rose 2.58%, SJVN, which gained 1.23%, and Piramal Enterprises, whose shares declined 4.30% on Tuesday. Here's what Viral Chheda, Sr Technical Analyst at SSJ Finance & Securities, recommends investors should do with these stocks when the market resumes trading today:RCF — BuyIn the daily chart price has witnessed an upside rally from low of 89.50 to a high of 119 odd levels. During the upside rally price has made the higher top higher bottom pattern as bulls were having upper hand on bears. At higher level price gave some correction till 105 to take the support of previous bottom and after consolidating around lower level price gave sharp upside rally to make new highs of 128 odd levels. Volumes were on rise as buyers were in full control to take the price away from sellers.

dollar wobbled as weak U.S. labour data bolstered bets that the Federal Reserve was likely done with its interest rate hikes, while beaten-down China stocks rose for a third straight day. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.86% to a two-week top and is on a three-day winning streak.

Executive search and hiring firms including Transearch, Longhouse Consulting, CIEL HR and GI Group Holdings say that unlike earlier, when it was difficult to even pin down senior Big Tech professionals for job offer conversations, now they're the ones who often make the first move.

Nvidia and other megacap growth stocks after a drop in monthly job openings cemented expectations of a pause in interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve. The S&P 500 logged its strongest one-day gain since June 2, while the Nasdaq notched its strongest session since July 28, and both indexes closed at more than two-week highs. The sharp gains came after the Labor Department's Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) showed the number of job openings stood at 8.827 million in July, falling for the third straight month and signaling easing labor market pressures. Investors also parsed a report from the Conference Board showing consumer confidence in the United States fell to 106.1 in August, compared with expectations of 116. Interest rate futures signaled an 87% chance the Fed will keep rates steady at its September meeting and a 54% chance it will keep rates on hold through November, according the CME Group's FedWatch tool. «Investors are of the mindset that 'You know what, maybe interest rate hikes are indeed behind us.

Flight Centre expects a return to “more favourable dynamics for travellers” after reporting record performance in corporate travel, taking its total sales to their second-highest level ever.

London’s traffic cameras are under attack

A company has bid $5.6 million to lease federal waters off the Louisiana coast for wind energy generation

Qantas claims the domestic aviation market is “highly competitive”, blaming air traffic control staffing issues and weather conditions for causing the airline to cancel Canberra services at more than five times the rate of competitors.

₹2 trillion towards its energy transition efforts until 2038, said chairman and chief executive Arun Kumar Singh. At a press briefing following its annual general meeting, Singh said it is focussing on many aspects of energy transition, including green hydrogen, offshore endeavors, and solar initiatives. The company had announced its plans to invest ₹1 trillion over the next seven years on energy transition initiatives.

About once a year, I have to address the issue of chasing the “10 Best Days” of the year. Statista recently presented the analysis:

China's state banks are throwing nearly all they have at seeking to boost consumer spending, directed by policymakers who are digging deeper into their toolkit to shore up growth in the world's second-largest economy. As soon as Tuesday, China may announce that the big state-owned banks are cutting rates on the majority of the nation's 38.6 trillion yuan ($5.3 trillion) of existing mortgages, according to people familiar with the matter. The reductions will only affect loans on first homes, according to two of the people. At the same time, lenders such as Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.

One of Australia’s best critical minerals discoveries will cost between $1.6 billion and $2.3 billion to turn into a mine, according to a long-awaited study into future development of Chalice Mining’s Gonneville project.

Home prices held steady from a year earlier in June as high mortgage rates kept both buyers and sellers on the sidelines. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index, which measures home prices across the nation, was unchanged year-over-year in June, compared with a 0.4% annual decrease the prior month. On a month-over-month basis, the index rose a seasonally adjusted 0.7% in June, the fifth straight monthly increase.

climate change to create a multifaceted crisis. Addressing this demands a coordinated but customized approach to debt restructuring tailored to the unique circumstances of each nation’s debt structure. At the Voice of the Global South Summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi in January 2023 stated, “As India begins its G20 presidency this year, it is natural that our aim is to amplify the Voice of the Global South." Reflecting this aim and guided by the theme of ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future,’ managing global debt vulnerabilities was adopted as a key priority of the Indian presidency.

When it comes to the market's ups and downs, investors create their own stories on what could happen next.

3M Company (NYSE:MMM), which has been grappling with lawsuits for a considerable period, seems to be inching closer to a resolution.

By Karen Brettell and Alun John

Best Buy sales and profits slid in the second quarter as the nation’s largest consumer electronics chain continues to wrestle with a pullback in spending on gadgets after Americans splurged during the pandemic