Author: Charlotte

The phrase has travelled because it served the interests of the Western political establishment during the Cold War.Having become accustomed to finding myself often in disagreement with the prime minister’s pronouncements on the economy, I was pleasantly surprised to hear him say something that resonated with me. After first alleging in his R.P. Goenka Lecture held earlier this year that there exists a colonial mindset – gulami ki mansikta – in India, he has gone on to suggest, at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit, that the expression “Hindu rate of growth” is an example of it. I am in full…

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Our industry tends to favour inflation benchmarks, despite their limitations in measuring investment skill. After all, for most clients, a few things matter more than compounding returns in excess of inflation. What should one expect from a fund benchmarked in this way? For most of my investment career I have believed that such funds should be primarily focused on maintaining sufficient exposure to equities. This is not an unusual position. The unit trust industry is largely structured around equity exposure, and funds with lower equity allocations typically target lower returns. More than a century of asset class data supports the same conclusion:…

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Includes first-to-market inverse ETF that allows traders to take short view on this year’s biggest IPO to date NEW YORK, May 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Tradr ETFs, a provider of ETFs designed for sophisticated investors and professional traders, is launching two new leveraged ETFs. The Cboe-listed funds seek to deliver two times long (200%) and two times short (-200%) the daily performance on Cerebras Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CBRS). The following ETFs are expected to open for trading today: Tradr 2X Long CBRS Daily ETF (Cboe: CBRX) Tradr 2X Short CBRS Daily ETF (Cboe: CBRZ) “Cerebras going public has added to the…

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In Camborne, Vistry Cornwall South West has submitted an Ultimate Planning Performance Agreement for 86 homes, associated infrastructure and open space on former Duchy College land at Reskadinnick Road. For more details, see the pre-application PA25/00871/PREAPP. Source link

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What Happened? Shares of mobile app technology company AppLovin (NASDAQ:APP) jumped 6.3% in the afternoon session after it received positive analyst commentary, which highlighted strong recent financial performance and the upcoming launch of its AI-powered advertising platform.  Morgan Stanley reiterated its “Overweight” rating, pointing to a bull case driven by the company’s AXON AI model improving advertising conversion rates. This analyst confidence stems from AppLovin’s recent strong first-quarter earnings, which surpassed expectations, and its optimistic guidance for the second quarter.  Further fueling the positive sentiment is the upcoming public launch of its self-serve Axon advertising platform in June 2026, which…

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Bitcoin’s biggest buyers have stopped buying. CryptoQuant reported that whale balances have been flat since February 2026, while the so-called dolphin cohort, mid-sized holders with 100 to 1,000 BTC, has been posting successively lower balance highs since September 2025. When both groups go quiet at the same time, history says it doesn’t end well for price. ## The accumulation engine has stalled Whales, the entities holding the largest Bitcoin positions, had shown notable appetite in late 2025. CryptoQuant data indicated that Great Whales, those holding more than 10,000 BTC, increased their positions by 36,019 BTC during a brief accumulation burst…

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Students enrolled in ECON104: Introductory Macroeconomic Analysis and Policy were tasked with creating a piece of artwork that reflects an economic principle. The assignment titled, “Visualizing Macroeconomics Through Art,” pillars a greater research endeavor that analyzes how visual media enhances classroom learning, according to Subhadra Ganguli, assistant professor of business at Penn State Lehigh Valley.Led by Ganguli, the goal of the assignment was to “help students connect their theoretical understanding of macroeconomics from the classroom with real world photos and art,” she said, explaining that this teaching method was initially inspired by Gen Z behaviors, including the obsession for constant…

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Online bettors are putting money on what companies they think will be the next targets for investment from the White House. The administration has set amassed equity stakes worth tens of billions of dollars in more than half a dozen companies during Trump’s second term. The biggest win for the White House has been the 10% stake in Intel it announced last August. The investment, worth nearly $9 billion at the time, has seen its value balloon to about $52.3 billion, a gain on paper of over $43 billion for the US government at Intel’s share price of around $120…

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Ethereum has fallen below the $2,000 level for the first time since March as weakening on-chain activity, ETF outflows, and renewed geopolitical tensions added pressure to the second-largest cryptocurrency.According to data from CoinGecko, ETH dropped to an intraday low below $1,970 on Wednesday after losing a key psychological support zone that had held for nearly two months. Ethereum lost the key level alongside the broader crypto market, which also weakened, with total market capitalization falling 3.43% to $2.46 trillion after reports emerged of a US airstrike on an Iranian military facility near the Strait of Hormuz. The development pushed investors away from…

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