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A balanced portfolio of mutual funds can help fulfil medium-term goals
livemint.com - 10 Jul 2019 08:58
From an investment perspective, there are two objectives that need to be satisfied for such a corpus.For your medium-term goal in five years, you would need to have a balanced portfolio that provides for some growth with...
Was The $47 Billion Acquisition of Genentech In 2009 A Good Deal For Roche?
Forbes - 10 Jul 2019 21:52
Roche Holding (NASDAQ:RHHBY) acquired Genentech, a pharmaceuticals company with three blockbuster oncology drugs, in 2009 for a sum of $47 billion. Back in 2008, Genentech's top drugs were Avastin, Rituxan, Herceptin, an...
What This Centi-Billionaire Fashion Magnate Can Teach You About Investing
Forbes - 10 Jul 2019 16:24
Three are three people on earth rich enough to qualify as "centi-billionaires"--worth $100 billion or more. Amazon (AMZN) CEO Jeff Bezos is #1. Microsoft founder (MSFT) Bill Gates is #2. #3 will probably surprise you.
The S&P 500 Hits 3,000 - What's Next?
Forbes - 10 Jul 2019 23:18
As the a key stock market barometer touches 3,000 what does that mean for its future prospects?
What Gloomy Earnings? Communications Services Sector Could Top All S&P Components In Q2
Forbes - 10 Jul 2019 22:55
Amid diminished expectations across S&P 500 sectors in Q2, Communications Services might be the leader of the pack. Here are a few themes to watch.
PepsiCo's Earnings Beat In Q2 2019 Reaffirms Strong Revenue And Profitability Outlook
Forbes - 10 Jul 2019 22:36
PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) released its Q2 2019 financial results on July 9, 2019, followed by a conference call with analysts. Performance Snapshot The company beat consensus estimates for revenues as well as earnings. PEP r...
Russia's Kaspersky Lab Finds New Notorious FinSpy Malware 'In The Wild'
Forbes - 10 Jul 2019 22:06
U.K.-based Gamma Group's notorious surveillance program FinSpy is spreading.
3 Stocks That Crush The Market And Yield 7%+
Forbes - 10 Jul 2019 21:50
Today I'm going to give you everything you need to sail through the next crash...
The Business Impact Of Financial Insecurity
Forbes - 10 Jul 2019 21:35
For too long, workers' financial struggles were a problem to be solved at their kitchen tables, but companies are in a unique position to help their workers handle financial burdens.
The Psychology Of WeWork's Success
Forbes - 10 Jul 2019 20:44
Having an office space that is both literally and metaphorically open allows for our teams' strengths to build off of one another
Bitcoin Falls Nearly 8% In A Matter Of Hours
Forbes - 10 Jul 2019 20:16
Bitcoin prices just suffered a pullback. Will the cryptocurrency suffer additional losses before pushing higher?
What is marginal cost of funds-based lending rate or MCLR?
livemint.com - 10 Jul 2019 19:56
MCLR is a tenor-linked internal benchmark, which means the rate is determined internally by the bank depending on the period left for the repayment of a loan.The RBI introduced the MCLR methodology for fixing interest ra...
'It is possible to fulfil both wants and needs through proper planning'
livemint.com - 10 Jul 2019 19:49
They want to get a bigger property in Mumbai in the near term. They plan to achieve that by liquidating some older real estate assets.The third long-term goal is to have a sizeable retirement fund, since both want to ret...
A Brilliant -- And Cheap -- Dividend Stock That Could Gush Higher Next Week
Forbes - 10 Jul 2019 19:31
This stock's long growth record is in peril but is it still a strong buy? This article sets out to explain why it is.
Social media, movies inspire millennial goals
livemint.com - 10 Jul 2019 19:17
Conventional financial goals such as owning or building a house and planning for retirement continue to be influenced by family and social circles.Retirement-related goals feature in the top five for 42% of the millennia...
Latest FD rates compared: HDFC Bank vs ICICI Bank vs Yes Bank
livemint.com - 10 Jul 2019 18:58
Over-exposure to FDs is not good, and you need to assess your asset allocation and goals to decide how much money you should park in them.Here is a list of banks that offer the highest FD rates for deposits up to 1 crore...
Opinion | Revised tax surcharge doesn't only have wealthy individuals in its ambit
livemint.com - 10 Jul 2019 18:47
Capital gains, in particular LTCG, should have been excluded from high surcharge
Trump's Golf Trips Could Cost Taxpayers Over $340 Million
Forbes - 10 Jul 2019 18:13
Trump has been unabashed in visiting and promoting his golf properties in the U.S., Scotland and Ireland. Of his 193 outings all but 3 have been to his courses and require very expensive travel and security costs. If he ...
Aker BP's Mathematician CEO Says His Tech Company Just Happens To Produce Oil
Forbes - 10 Jul 2019 18:12
In an exclusive interview, Karl Johnny Hersvik opines that the oil and gas sector.s key consideration is 'cost per barrel' and incremental digitization is his great enabler in that fight.
Keep An Eye On The Third-Quarter Pivots
Forbes - 10 Jul 2019 18:10
As the stock market begins a new quarter Tom Aspray explains why he uses quarterly pivot analysis as an additional tool to determine the stock markets trend. He advises investors and traders to watch these levels all qua...
This Cheap FTSE 100 Stock Offers Big Dividends. But Should You Buy It Before Upcoming Financials?
Forbes - 10 Jul 2019 17:40
Income heroes may like the yields on offer from this Footsie share. But do the risks outweigh the possible rewards?
You can ease India's water woes and gain from it too
livemint.com - 10 Jul 2019 17:25
Personal as well as community-level efforts can help solve India's growing water crisis.Groundwater can be recharged by directing rainwater to an open area to let it percolate into the ground