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When Jeff Bezos said that one breakthrough technology would shape Amazon’s destiny, even Wall Street’s biggest analysts were caught off guard. Fast forward a year and Amazon’s new CEO Andy Jassy described generative AI as a “once-in-a-lifetime” technology that is already being used across Amazon to reinvent customer experiences. At the 8th Future Investment Initiative conference, Elon Musk predicted that by 2040 there would be at least 10 billion humanoid robots, with each priced between $20,000 and $25,000. Do the math. According to Musk, this technology could be worth $250 trillion by 2040. Put another way, that’s roughly equal to:…

The US–Iran military escalation triggered a sharp risk-off phase across global markets, with crude oil prices surging, bond yields hardening, and concerns around global growth intensifying. Indian equities were no exception. Between February 28, 2026 and April 17, 2026, the Nifty 500 fell sharply during the period before recouping most of the losses, ending only 1.3 per cent lower. But beneath the headline index, the factor strategies showed a clear divergence. These are rule-based portfolios built around specific stock traits such as value, quality, momentum, alpha or low volatility. The quality factor emerged as the outperformer, while the low volatility…

Synopsis: Mutual funds sharply increased stakes across companies in March 2026, with gains reaching up to 113 percent, signalling strong institutional buying across key sectors. Mutual funds significantly increased their exposure to select stocks from the power and financial services sectors in March 2026, with gains reaching up to 113 percent, highlighting strong institutional buying and broad-based accumulation trends across multiple industries. Rising MF ownership signals strong institutional conviction driven by earnings visibility, sectoral tailwinds, and improving liquidity, making these stocks key beneficiaries of sustained domestic fund inflows and potential rerating support. Here are the stocks that saw significant stake…

When the Trump administration began its tariff campaign in 2025, some of the loudest critics focused on the consequences for Midwestern farmers or border states. A year in, the impact of tariffs has become clearer, and some research suggests no state has emerged completely unscathed. Early last year, the Trump administration established one of the most sweeping tariff regimes in the country’s history, including a 10% duty across the board and country- and commodity-specific penalties, in some cases as high as 50%. These tariffs were widely expected to have a biting effect on the economy. But while some observers assumed…

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The Missed Opportunity (Honest, Not Clickbait). A real historical moment: “In May 2010, a software developer named Laszlo Hanyecz was hungry. He traded 10,000 Bitcoin for two pizzas. Nobody knew it would matter. Bitcoin cost $0.003.  That pizza if you calculate now it is worth $740 million. This isn’t a story about regrets. It’s a story about how markets decide what has value, and why you should understand the rules.”   When something solves a real problem, value follows. Today, three new top crypto launching in April 2026 claim to solve real world problems.  Let’s see which one actually does. Key…

The must-read story in the $5 trillion hedge fund industry used to be about who made the biggest trade or launched the biggest fund. Now it’s about who made the biggest hire or got the biggest guaranteed payout.As the increasingly institutional space has veered away from star funds run by a single genius to sprawling investment platforms with dozens of investing teams, the industry has grappled with a shortage of talent.It’s now such a finite resource that top portfolio managers are commanding deals that resemble those of professional athletes, and top managers accustomed to poaching their choice of talent by…

A founder of a tech company illustrates a language model developed by his company in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong Province, March 26, 2026. (Xinhua/Wu Lu)For many participants, the annual Pazhou Algorithm Competition is not just a competition but a gateway to the Chinese market and a platform to showcase innovative solutions and exchange ideas.GUANGZHOU, April 18 (Xinhua) — As a significant hub for manufacturing, trade and commerce, Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province in southern China, is actively positioning itself as a center for technological innovation through initiatives like the annual Pazhou Algorithm Competition.Pazhou, located in Guangzhou’s Haizhu District, also…

The National Police in Mallorca have arrested five people in connection with the laundering of some ten million euros obtained from a global cryptocurrency pyramid scheme. The arrests – three Swedish businessmen, an accountant and a consultant (both Mallorcan) – follow two years of investigation. They are accused of operating a network of shell companies to introduce illicit funds into the legal market. According to the police, the mastermind of the scheme, who lived in the Middle East, is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence in the United States. He was looking for ways to invest illegally obtained funds in…

Updated as of: April 16, 2026 Alternative investments aren’t just being talked about, they’re being allocated to. While the buzz often centers on private alternatives, listed alternatives have been gaining attention for their edge in liquidity, transparency, and cost efficiency compared to their private counterparts. To provide advisors with alternative investment ideas for consideration in portfolios, we compiled lists of both the largest and best-performing liquid alt funds using the YCharts Fund Screener, which helps advisors navigate across a universe of over 113,000 funds to find specific investment candidates. The results are based on share class assets under management (AUM)…