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Fifty companies bought back shares valued at Rs55,236 crore in 2017, a 98.06% jump over 2016

It's essential for core dividend holdings to consistently raise their payouts over time. Without a steady uptick in the regular dole, inflation starts gnawing into investors' returns.

To be sure, stronger-than-expected demand growth helped producers to drain excess stockpiles in 2017, and Opec is forecasting a similar increase in the world's oil use this year

Arun Jaitley's remarks come at a time when India's farm sector growth has plunged from 4.9% in 2016-17 to an estimated 2.1% in 2017-18

Sebi plans to come out with a methodology for uniform valuation of such products across the financial sector to deepen the corporate bond market

Retail investors are preferring systematic investment plan (SIP) option for investing in mutual funds as the industry garnered over Rs6,200 crore through this route in December

Bitcoin's use in real estate transactions is novel, and agents are wary because of its high volatility