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How America bails out Trump
March 24, 2026, 8:17 AM IST
Last year America’s prowess in AI more than offset the damaging economic effects from Trump’s tariffs. Now, different strengths – including energy independence, its army of retail investors, and the dollar’s safe-haven status – are…
March 24, 2026, 8:17 AM IST
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World’s newest Beijing problem
March 11, 2026, 8:31 AM IST
China is famous for zealously pushing growth. So, much was made of its recent decision to lower its GDP target to between 4.5% and 5%. But this was a marginal change. China’s irrational hopes for…
March 11, 2026, 8:31 AM IST
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The golden puzzle
February 25, 2026, 9:16 AM IST
After surging for years, the price of gold has entered the realm where storytelling drives its price. Breaking free of the fundamental forces that long explained its ups and downs, it is now rising on…
February 25, 2026, 9:16 AM IST
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Bash all day, buy all night
February 13, 2026, 8:18 AM IST
When it comes to US, investors the world over now love to ‘Bash All Day, Buy All Night’. Travelling recently across Asia, Europe and West Asia, I was struck by the rising intensity of complaints…
February 13, 2026, 8:18 AM IST
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Import capital, don’t export people
January 13, 2026, 8:20 AM IST
India is still reporting world-beating economic growth but no longer getting any love for it. Flows of foreign money into India have dried up, suggesting outsiders believe that the reported GDP growth rate of over…
January 13, 2026, 8:20 AM IST
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Is AI a bubble or not?
December 16, 2025, 8:24 AM IST
Amid the chatter about artificial intelligence mania, people have begun to joke about “a bubble in bubble talk”. Google searches for AI and the b-word have surged and the mood in the markets feels exuberant,…
December 16, 2025, 8:24 AM IST
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Industry: Makhanas. State: Bihar
November 19, 2025, 8:00 AM IST
While many major democracies are angrily turning incumbents out of power, India is not – and NDA’s reelection victory in Bihar is just the latest case. This is not necessarily a good sign, especially in…
November 19, 2025, 8:00 AM IST
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A gold-stocks jugalbandi
October 23, 2025, 7:43 AM IST
A strange twist is playing out in global markets. Gold is partying like it’s 1979, and stocks are partying like it’s 1999. But those two eras could not have been more different, the first marked…
October 23, 2025, 7:43 AM IST
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America: A big bet on AI
October 9, 2025, 7:31 AM IST
Despite the growing list of threats to US’s economy – from high tariffs to collapsing immigration, eroding institutions, rising debt and sticky inflation – large companies and investors seem unfazed. They’re increasingly confident that AI…
October 9, 2025, 7:31 AM IST
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Wealth of (non-US) nations
October 4, 2025, 7:33 AM IST
New research reveals many countries where rising entrepreneurs are generating serious wealth, none more striking than India, which is home to 40 companies with high average annual returns. In the last decade, as US stock…
October 4, 2025, 7:33 AM IST
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AI tempers Trump tariffs
July 30, 2025, 7:44 AM IST
Dollar hasn’t strengthened, US hasn’t stagflated, markets haven’t tanked. So far, Trump’s trade policy has been offset by tech-driven bullishness and the tax breaks in his ‘big beautiful bill.’ At the beginning of the year,…
July 30, 2025, 7:44 AM IST
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West Asia’s market champion
July 15, 2025, 7:54 AM IST
Since the Oct 7, 2023, attack on Israel, the best-performing major stock market in the world is . . . Israel. After taking an initial hit, the market recovered fully in four weeks, and since…
July 15, 2025, 7:54 AM IST
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The real Trump shocker
July 2, 2025, 7:30 AM IST
It’s incredible that to date he has had so little impact in America. Markets are strong, growth hasn’t slowed, and treasury’s recording revenue from tariffs but tariffs aren’t impacting prices It’s suddenly fashionable to talk…
July 2, 2025, 7:30 AM IST
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Graft’s fifty shades of grey
April 14, 2025, 7:42 AM IST
Though corruption is commonly cited as a leading issue in many countries, what it reveals about the state of a nation is far from straightforward Some economists and historians see corruption as a perfectly natural…
April 14, 2025, 7:42 AM IST
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What GOI can learn from new economic stars
March 12, 2025, 7:23 AM IST
With signs of a slowdown starting to surface in US, India and other recent economic stars, many people are looking for the next promising growth stories. The “circle of life” is one guide. It is…
March 12, 2025, 7:23 AM IST
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Why dragon’s roaring again
February 28, 2025, 7:35 AM IST
With Chinese stocks rallying hard this year, global investors are asking: is the market safe enough for outsiders after all? The answer is yes, and it always was. Chinese stocks fell sharply this decade for…
February 28, 2025, 7:35 AM IST
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Trump can make America hurt again
January 28, 2025, 7:31 AM IST
While Trump has yet to act on his multiple tariff threats, it’s likely he will. So fear lingers that US president’s aggressive trade posture will sow global disorder, depressing growth and roiling markets, particularly if…
January 28, 2025, 7:31 AM IST
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US: Big bubble, so big trouble
December 4, 2024, 8:18 AM IST
For strategists, America isn’t what it was. For investors, it’s the world’s hottest market, drawing 70% of global investment. But America is overhyped & overvalued. Something will end the party The idea of America as…
December 4, 2024, 8:18 AM IST
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Don rose as capitalism broke
November 19, 2024, 8:45 AM IST
Having turned the vote his way in just about every corner of the 50 states in America, Donald Trump’s victory in the race for the White House appears to reflect a sweeping turn to the…
November 19, 2024, 8:45 AM IST
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The don of ordinary Americans
November 7, 2024, 7:46 AM IST
Perhaps the most telling pre-election poll was the one in which seven of 10 Americans said the country needs “major change or to be torn down”. Now, they’ve handed back the presidency to the biggest…
November 7, 2024, 7:46 AM IST
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