December 26, 2024
Operating Assets

East Lansing DDA to consider hiring firm to market sale of Evergreen Avenue property

EAST LANSING — A pair of firms have made marketing proposals to the East Lansing DDA that officials hope could eventually lead to the sale of several long-vacant properties and new development near downtown. The city’s DDA bought the parcels at 314, 328, 334, 340 and 344 Evergreen Ave. more than 15 years ago for

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Financial Assets

Our top 5 stocks of the topsy-turvey market since July’s Monthly Meeting

It’s been a Jekyll and Hyde stock market since the Club’s last Monthly Meeting. The S & P 500 closed at a record on July 16 — the day before our July livestream — and then started to struggle. Stocks whipsawed after July’s weaker-than-expected jobs report on Aug. 2, sending the market plummeting on recession

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Gold Investing

Gold price outlook: Is precious metal still a good investment bet post import duty cut? Here’s why you shouldn’t dismiss it!

Gold outlook: The recent Budget’s decision to reduce the import duty on gold from 15% to 6% has left investors in paper gold feeling cheated. The announcement caused domestic gold prices to plummet by more than 8%, from Rs 74,080 to Rs 68,388 per 10 grams. Gold ETFs and sovereign gold bonds, which are linked

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Financial Assets

Stock futures are little changed ahead of key inflation data: Live updates

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.  NYSE U.S. equity futures fell on Sunday evening as investors braced for key inflation data, after almost completely reversing its violent market rout last week. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 48 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures dipped 0.08%

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Operating Assets

Adani Energy Solutions completes acquisition of Essar’s Mahan-Sipat Transmission assets

AHMEDABAD: Adani Energy Solutions Limited, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Adani Transmission step-two Limited (ATSTL), on Thursday announced it has acquired a 100% stake in the operational assets of Essar Transco Limited at Mahan-Sipat transmission situated in Madhya Pradesh. The acquisition has been completed at an enterprise value of Rs 1,900 crore. The acquisition will

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Intangible Assets

India sees fastest growth in intangible investment

NEW DELHI: India has witnessed the fastest growth in intangible investments over a nine-year period (2011-2020), surpassing major economies like the US, France, Germany & the UK, indicating high level of value creation by companies.In terms of absolute levels of intangible investments for 2020 (latest year for which data is available), India ranks 14th among

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Financial Assets

Case for buying bonds amid stock market volatility

Investors may want to consider bonds to help navigate the market’s recent volatility. Joanna Gallegos, BondBloxx co-founder and CEO, recommends prioritizing income and high-yield bonds. “It can be really important to start looking at fixed income as you start to diversify and manage more risk,” she told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” on Monday. Gallegos also suggests

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Financial Assets

global selloff, Aramco earnings in focus

‘Consumers are very cost conscious,’ says Barclays’ head of retail Karen Johnson, head of retail at Barclays, discusses the lender’s latest consumer spending report and the impact of seasonal weather and events on spending patterns. ‘We have to strap ourselves in for a bit of volatility,’ portfolio manager says The coming weeks are expected to

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Fixed Assets

Moving out of cash? The top-performing fixed income funds this year

Get out of cash — that’s what many on Wall Street have been saying since expectations of rate cuts started rising earlier this year. They’re now doubling down on that call, with the U.S. Federal Reserve signaling that it would finally cut rates in September. That would make cash rates less attractive than other parts

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Tangible Assets

Gold and Silver rate today (Aug 5, 2024): Precious metals trade in green; yellow metal near Rs 70,200, white metal above Rs 83,000

Gold and Silver rate today (Aug 5, 2024): Domestic precious metal futures on Monday edged higher amid weak US employment data that sent bond yields and the dollar tumbling. At the last count, MCX gold futures (Oct 4) were up Rs 403 or 0.58 per cent at Rs 70,192 per 10 gm. Meanwhile, MCX Silver futures (Sept 5) were up 0.74 per cent or Rs 607 at Rs

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