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Personal finances are top of mind for many households as they get set to ring in the new year.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In 1903, Mark Twain wrote that “It takes a thousand men to invent a telegraph, or a steam engine, or a phonograph, or a photograph, or a telephone or any other important thing." This observation still mostly holds true. The invention of artificial intelligence required decades of work by thousands of scientists, engineers, and industry leaders.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It’s one thing to read articles that offer you a general overview of trends that dominated in the fitness or wellness space. It's another to hear about them from the horse's mouth: professionals like trainers, nutritionists and sports science specialists for whom fitness and health are a way of life.

Booking.com’s research, the essence of travel will centre on purpose and deeper connections, marking a departure from surface-level tourism.

Deven Choksey, MD, DRChoksey FinServ Pvt. Ltd, says 2025-2027 will be very beneficial for Adani Enterprise. The company is developing many businesses, and each one is getting close to being listed on its own. For instance, Adani Airports and Adani Roads, which are part of Adani Enterprise, are expected to become independent companies during this time. Additionally, the issues from last year regarding excessive debt have been managed effectively. Choksey believes this will lead to better cash flow, driving further growth for the company. Therefore, Adani Port will likely remain a strong partner alongside Adani Enterprise. Choksey also says that 2025 should be the year when Reliance would list the Jio platforms and that is where the earning opportunity should be. We have to watch out how the industrials and capex pick up. Ashoka Buildcon has managed to sell 11 SPVs and is going to get liquidity to the tune of around Rs 2400 crore. Any other infrastructure and EPC name that you have been tracking closely? Deven Choksey: Overall, the entire size of the opportunity is becoming big because the government is spending big time money on building the infrastructure. If the budget of Rs 11,000 crore has been completed, then further money has been allocated in this particular period. I guess the government will be distinctly comfortable allocating more money towards infrastructure building even in the current year. That is where the budget allocation would play a meaningful role.

«And if you look at the expectation and the probabilities of further rate cuts in the US, there is only an expectation of another 25 basis points cut in the next six months,» says Punita Kumar Sinha, Pacific Paradigm Advisors. A very interesting point that you made there that a couple of these MNCs now are actually looking to delist in some of the other geographies and make way for the India entry. But this particular year has been quite robust in terms of the new IPOs entering into the markets and the new companies entering into the Indian markets. But what I wanted to know is that what is keeping FIIs back from investing in coming ahead and putting the money in the Indian markets? And what can actually be changed in the overall environment to get these FIIs back into the Indian markets? What is your take on that? Punita Kumar Sinha: Well, as I said, the perception was or has been created across the world is that India is an expensive market and the valuations in India are much higher than the rest of the world, which has kept some of the foreign investors a little bit on the sidelines.

2025 holds great opportunities for the markets and investors and definitely promises to be a very eventful year with Donald Trump at the helm as he has the mandate to take decisions which no US President has taken in the last 50 years, Aamar Deo Singh, Senior Vice President-Equity, Commodity & Currency at Angel One said. Trump’s 'MAGA' policy is expected to hurt China while benefiting India, he opines. Excerpts:

IT, pharma, quick commerce, capital market beneficiaries, travel / tourism, renewable capex, power T&D, EMS, defence and select auto with visibility on new product launches, are the themes to look forward to for H1 2025, says Shreyash Devalkar, Head of Equity at Axis Mutual Fund. However, he said in most of them valuations are high and hence by H2 2025, markets may look forward to evaluating potential triggers in underperformed sectors like lenders, FMCG and IT.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The fortunetellers say I’ll retire rich. Not Buffett rich, but rich enough for my wife and me to live in premium-economy comfort well into our 90s and still leave something to our kids.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. From the dining room on the ground floor of “Carl’s Villa" in Copenhagen, guests are treated to views of a charming garden adorned with classical statues. The art nouveau house was built in 1892 by Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of Carlsberg.

Adani Wilmar shares will be in the spotlight on Tuesday as Adani Enterprises (AEL) is set to exit its 25-year-old joint venture with Wilmar International through a $2 billion deal. AEL plans to redirect the funds toward its core infrastructure platforms, including energy, utilities, transport, and logistics. Singapore-based Wilmar is seeking strategic investors to replace Adani in the venture.

Prashant Khemka, Founder, White Oak Capital Management, says he believes that the market cannot be predicted, and it should always be viewed at fair value. It is always at fair value. If it drops 20% tomorrow, that is still fair value based on all the corporate news. Similarly, if it rises, it remains fair value. During COVID, when the market fell by 30%, it was fair value at that time, and when it bounced back by 30%, 40%, 50%, or more, it was still fair value because the market is always changing. In the context of India, a fairly valued market suggests it will provide low-double digit returns over the next year.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Cement, the cornerstone of India's infrastructure and housing development, faces a paradox. Despite record-breaking home sales, robust infrastructure projects, and a thriving economy, the sector has struggled to keep pace, weighed down by pricing pressures, overcapacity, and sustainability challenges.

TORONTO — The big questions in Canadian finance heading into 2024 were whether the economy could avoid a recession and what would happen with interest rates.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Companies took advantage of favorable financing conditions this year to issue debt at levels not seen since the pandemic, adding cash to the balance sheet to pay for future refinancing needs and other projects. Underpinning the surge in debt issuance: credit spreads, a metric that finance chiefs watch when deciding when to pull the trigger on a bond sale.

South Korean officials plan to conduct safety inspections of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by the country’s airlines, as they struggle to determine what caused a weekend plane crash that killed 179 people

It was a year of many firsts for Equitable Bank (EQB), Canada’s seventh-largest lender in terms of assets: it was the bank’s most profitable year on record, with annual revenue surpassing $1 billion for the first time, and it tapped celebrities, sitcom Schitt’s Creek actors Dan and Eugene Levy, for the first time to promote its services.

With a Goldilocks economy and a bull market charging into a second year, 2024 shaped up to be a good year for investors.

Most economists a month ago likely would have told you that Canadian interest rates would steadily decline during the first half of 2025 before stabilizing in the third quarter.