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Iftekher Ahmed had specific requirements when he decided where to put his savings. He wanted to withdraw his money whenever he needed it, without facing a penalty. He wanted to track his investment through regular statements. And he did not want a ceiling on how much he could invest.Those three requirements left him with few options. Among the popular tools, savings certificates cap how much an individual can invest. Fixed deposits and direct bond purchases come with penalties, or practical difficulty, for anyone who wants their money back before maturity. The stock market is highly volatile and risky.Iftekhar, a top…

This story was originally published on CRE Daily. Join 70,000+ commercial real estate professionals getting daily news, market insights, and industry analysis delivered straight to their inbox with the free CRE Daily newsletter. Key Takeaways August CRE sales volume reached $107B, including $70B of M&A-type transactions, according to MSCI. Excluding M&A, sales fell about 21% from a year earlier even as total volume jumped 127% on megadeals. Multifamily volume rose 402% on the AvalonBay-Equity Residential merger, while most other property sectors posted declines. Bisnow reports that August CRE transaction totals looked much stronger than the underlying single-asset market. MSCI’s August…

AbstractAccording to the latest IndexBox report on the global Cement Packaging market, the market enters 2026 with broader demand fundamentals, more disciplined procurement behavior, and a more regionally diversified supply architecture.The global cement packaging market represents a critical, high-volume segment of the industrial packaging industry, intrinsically linked to construction activity and infrastructure development worldwide. As of 2026, the market is valued in the tens of billions of US dollars, driven by the non-discretionary need to contain, protect, and transport bagged cement. The market encompasses a range of primary packaging solutions, including polypropylene woven bags, multi-wall paper sacks, valve sacks, flexible…

A recovery site run by a whitehat has gone live to let owners reclaim NFTs exposed in the recent security incident that affected 2024-era Magic Eden users after an exploit of Limit Break’s payment processor. The reclaim process carries conditions, underscoring ongoing security risks for NFT marketplaces and the importance of rapid whitehat recovery efforts to limit crypto and DeFi damage.Bearish Source link

Debt mutual funds are rarely sold as inflation beaters. Yet, over long holding periods, that is largely what they have been. A bl.portfolio analysis of 130 schemes across 11 debt fund categories shows that 89 per cent of seven-year rolling-return observations and 83 per cent of five-year observations beat consumer price inflation).The finding is particularly relevant at a time when traditional fixed-income products have themselves held up surprisingly well against equities over recent three- and five-year periods. Equities, often considered the default inflation-beating asset, have faced a reality check in recent years. As highlighted in The Great Indian Bull Market…

Developments in Financial and Commodity MarketsRising sovereign yields may begin challenging equity valuations and expose fiscal constraints across developed, debt-laden economies. Recent Treasury intervention has produced only short-lived relief, suggesting yields are increasingly being driven by time and risk premia rather than policy expectations alone. Higher yields are increasing the opportunity cost of holding equities, while persistent monetary and fiscal strain may strengthen the case for holding real assets, which can help protect portfolios against the erosion of purchasing power. China is narrowing its dependence on Nvidia hardware and thereby extending its technological self-sufficiency. If, or perhaps when, domestic systems…

The discussion about subsidies in Nigeria has become unnecessarily narrow because, for many people, a subsidy means petrol is sold below market price. I am not saying that Nigerians want the government to cease supporting all sectors. Rather, I believe many people refer to subsidies as if they were inherently undesirable, even though they operate in industries that might already benefit from subsidized electricity, infrastructure, or financing. In many cases, they fail to see those benefits as subsidies.For a long time, I thought government support meant getting something direct, like money, a cheaper product, or a clear benefit. But in…

Where can you buy Utility Coin? UTILITY tokens can be traded on decentralized exchanges. The most popular exchange to buy and trade Utility Coin is PumpSwap, where the most active trading pair UTILITY/WSOL has a trading volume of $5.19 in the last 24 hours. What is the daily trading volume of Utility Coin (UTILITY)? The trading volume of Utility Coin (UTILITY) is $5.15 in the last 24 hours, representing a 0.00% increase from one day ago and signalling a recent rise in market activity. Check out CoinGecko’s list of highest volume cryptocurrencies. What is the highest and lowest price for…

The setup comes as on-chain data shows that profit-taking remains relatively contained despite the latest Bitcoin price recovery. At the latest market snapshot, Bitcoin was trading near $84,196, up about 0.13%. While short-term momentum signals were mixed, the broader technical structure remained constructive, with most major moving averages continuing to point higher. Bitcoin Price Holds Above Key Moving Averages TradingView’s technical summary showed an overall Buy reading for BTCUSD on Bitstamp, with moving averages providing the strongest support for the assessment. The moving-average section registered 13 buy signals, one neutral reading, and one sell signal. Bitcoin (BTC) price chart. Source:…

Fresh readings on the US economy put the brakes on silver this week, with the metal surrendering ground as traders refocused on the prospect of tighter monetary policy. The COMEX front-month contract settled Friday at $64.71 an ounce, eking out a modest daily gain of 0.7% but still finishing the week down 3.1%. The pullback traces back to September’s purchasing managers’ indices, which came in sturdy enough to revive bets on another rate hike in October. That shift has lifted the dollar and pushed Treasury yields higher — an uncomfortable combination for a metal that pays no coupon. With real…