MARKETS Personal savings rate spikes to record high Historically high savings rate in the US: When you think of the financial implications of COVID, the words that come to mind are – Unemployment, Recession. However, the US household savings rate reached a record high in April at 33% of disposable income! The reasons for this …
Operation Warp Speed is a public–private partnership, initiated by the federal government of the United States, to facilitate and accelerate the development, manufacturing, and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics. The program has been awarding large grants to companies with promising vaccine candidates and is aiming at delivering 300 Million Doses of Vaccines by …
INVESTING IN MARKET LINKED NOTES Is it possible to participate in the profits of the stock market – without the downside risk? Is there a free lunch? Market Linked Notes: Combining stock market returns with downside protection Market Linked Notes are investment products that provide stock like returns in up-markets, with capital protection in downmarkets. …
At some point in their lives, 8 in 10 women find themselves solely responsible for their own financial well-being. Yet despite emphasis on equality, about half the women defer to spouses on long-term financial decisions – with 35% participating equally and 16% taking the lead. COVID-19 has increased the roles that women are juggling, including …
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We’ve seen two years. worth of digital transformation in two months.” – Satya Nadella, Microsoft CEO As we get used to living almost our entire lives online, from working to attending classes to meeting friends and family, it is not surprising that information technology has been the hottest ticket in the markets this year. Consumer …
Political sentiment not withstanding, the overall projections for the economy and markets for the coming year, is looking quite rosy. Corporate earnings are expected to increase, the unemployment scenario should stay steady, and housing starts increase, in a climate of a strong dollar and solid consumer spending.
Famed investor Sir John Templeton on humility! “If we become increasingly humble about how little we know, we may be more eager to search.” “In my 45-year career as an investment counselor, humility did show me the need for worldwide diversification to reduce risk. That career did help me to become more and more humble …
If the stock market is up in the three months leading up to the election, put your money on the incumbent party. Losses over those three months tend to usher in a new party This year when election soothsayers and fortune tellers made totally erroneous predictions, there was a Wall Street statistic that called the …
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