The 2024 holiday shopping season arrives against a backdrop of tempered economic optimism. Inflationary pressures, which haunted much of 2023, have eased but remain a factor in shaping consumer behavior. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF), holiday retail sales are expected to grow between 2.5% and 3.5% year-over-year, with online and other non-store sales […]
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November 21, 2025November 21, 2025 Shares of Reliance Industries Ltd are trading flat after touching a day’s high of Rs 1,557.80 on 21st November. This follows the firm’s announcement on 20th November that it has stopped importing Russian crude oil into its Special Economic Zone…
August 29, 2025August 29, 2025 Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty 50 are likely to open cautiously on Friday, tracking mixed overnight global cues. Asian markets traded mostly lower, while US stocks closed higher overnight, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones hitting record highs. …
I am 45 years old, hoping to retire at age 60, or at least be financially able to reduce my working week down to 3-4 days per week if I feel like it. Have investment properties which do their thing in the back ground. Have paid off our home mortgage and have no car loans…
It’s been a huge week for big tech, the primary engine of this AI-driven bull market. Nvidia’s GTC Conference kicked off yesterday with Jensen Huang’s keynote speech. I won’t bore you with the technical details. Faster chips, deals with major players, some quantum news, and a Nokia partnership to bring AI to smartphones. Overall, my…
by Calculated Risk on 12/22/2024 10:07:00 AM Here is a review of the Ten Economic Questions for 2024. Below are my ten questions for 2025 (I’ve been doing this online every year for 20 years!). These are just questions; I’ll follow up with some thoughts on each of these questions. The purpose of these questions…
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