Investments

The stock market gods have been kind in recent years—and sometimes very kind, delivering impressive returns for those who made the right investment choices and got a bit lucky.…

By Viram Shah The Federal Reserve’s recent decision to cut interest rates by 0.5% is a significant shift, marking the first reduction in four years. This decision doesn’t just affect the U.S. economy; it has global implications that…

It has become commonplace for fund managers to suggest that politics does not matter very much for financial markets. It is just ‘noise’. However, the experience of the past few weeks has suggested otherwise, as the French elections have…

Each week we identify names that look bearish and may present interesting investing opportunities on the short side. Using technical analysis of the charts of those stocks, and, when appropriate, recent actions and…

The Indian derivatives market is often criticised for fostering speculative trading, but its primary function is to provide effective risk management strategies, such as hedging. Unfortunately, SEBI’s recent regulatory proposals overlook…

Insights into key market performance and economic trends from Dan Kemp, Morningstar’s global chief research and investment officer.In a week when political violence returned to the US, investors faced with uncertainty are likely to seek…

Thursday was an encore presentation, as, for the second time in one week, stocks collapsed. Monday's market schemissing was followed by yesterday's vicious decline as the rotation from growth to value intensified as…