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17 Jul

Stocks are on an astonishing run. Yet threats lurk

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View Full Image (The Economist) To a certain extent, this record-smashing is to be expected. Dump the losers periodically, as benchmark indices tend to, and the history of equities is one long (albeit frequently interrupted) march upwards. Bear markets and crashes abound, but once prices recover to set one new high, a stream of others usually follows. This has led global stocks to deliver an annualised real return of 5.1% since 1900, and American ones of 6.5%. Worry all you like that the narratives being spun around today’s boom—from techno-euphoria in America to a corporate-governance revolution in Japan—are overblown, and…

Bottomline | SEBI on high alert, as risks build

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Stock markets have always been a big draw for investors in boom times, but when the tide turns, the same individuals abandon the market, often with a vow to never return. India has lived through the boom-and-bust cycles like other markets. Today, though it is uniquely poised with a new generation of investors that have taken to the market, perhaps aided by the Covid phase, that have not seen the ugly side. And no regulator or government would want any systemic episode or mishap that can shake their confidence.To be sure, the equity cult seems to be growing by leaps…

Treasuries Gain as Mounting Data Point to Softer Inflation, Jobs

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A rally in the Treasury market lured investors to a sale of 30-year securities after new economic data bolstered bets the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates more than policymakers anticipate. Yields across the maturity spectrum declined on Thursday, with most reaching the lowest levels since early April after the auction drew strong demand. Five- and seven-year yields declined as much as 10 basis points, and all yields remained lower by at least 7 basis points after the sale. Market-implied expectations for rate reductions beginning as soon as September increased, deepening a rift between investors and the central bank, which…