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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Investing in the FTSE shares can be a rewarding strategy for long-term gains. This is particularly true when focusing on well-established companies with strong fundamentals and promising growth prospects.  With 2025 shaping up to be a volatile year for markets, investors may benefit from taking a cautious approach. Typically, this means avoiding high-risk and speculative assets in nascent industries like artificial intelligence (AI). While the promise of high rewards is hard to ignore, history has shown that the excitement around such industries can quickly turn sour. With that in mind, I’ve identified two companies worth…

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[ad_1] Fixed Deposit Tax Changes Expected in Budget 2025: Ahead of the Budget speech by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, SBI Research has proposed the government to introduce a flat tax rate of 15% on income from bank fixed deposit (FD) across all maturities. In a pre-budget report titled, Prelude to Union Budget 2025-2, SBI Research has also suggested that tax on fixed deposits, or term deposits, may be delinked from the highest income bucket. Further, the tax treatment of FD income should be similar to other asset classes by clubbing it in other income and taxing only at the time…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Some people have been vocal recently about the fact that the current stock market rally doesn’t seem to be reflecting the actual state of the UK economy. This comes after we recently hit fresh record highs on the FTSE 100. So to address if there’s the case for a looming stock market crash, I turned to artificial intelligence (AI) for an answer, asking ChatGPT if a fall was indeed coming. Here’s what it said! Reasons for concern It started off by telling me that predicting a stock market crash is inherently uncertain. This is correct,…

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[ad_1] LONDON – Amundi Physical Metals plc has announced the issuance of a new tranche for its Amundi Physical Gold ETC, under the secured precious metal linked ETC securities program. The new issuance, Tranche 653, consists of 165,000 ETC securities and follows the company’s ongoing strategy to provide investors with exposure to gold prices. The latest tranche brings the aggregate number of ETC securities in the series to 56,862,859.00, each with an initial metal entitlement of 0.04 fine troy ounces. The issue date for this tranche is set for Tuesday, January 28, 2025, with a scheduled maturity date far in…

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[ad_1] On Monday, Citi analyst increased the price target for Torrent Pharma (TRP:IN) to INR4,000, up from INR3,940, while reiterating a Buy rating on the company’s shares. The revision follows the company’s third-quarter financial results, which fell short of market expectations, with EBITDA coming in 4% below projections. This shortfall was attributed to a significant devaluation of the Brazilian Real (BRL) and a temporary shutdown of the plant involved in the Insulin Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) business. Despite these challenges, Torrent Pharma reported robust underlying trends, with a 12% year-over-year growth in India and a 10% increase in Brazil on…

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[ad_1] A review of regulatory filings of the biggest multimanagers reveals New York’s continued supremacy.Managers like Citadel and Balyasny have most of their PMs in New York, even if they are headquartered elsewhere.Despite interest in places like Miami, investing talent remains in established locales.This week, the $4.5 trillion hedge fund industry is gathered in Miami for iConnections’ annual Global Alts conference. Nearly all of them will leave the Magic City after the conference concludes.While some big names have fled high-tax cities like New York and Chicago for sunny spots like Miami and West Palm Beach, especially amid the pandemic-era buzz…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Dr Martens‘ (LSE:DOCS) share price fell over 3% early today (27 January) after the company released a trading update for the 13 weeks ended 31 December. This is despite the chief executive of the FTSE 250 legend saying that the group’s performance during the period was “as expected”. Encouragingly, he reported that the outlook for the year ending 31 March (FY25) was “unchanged”. Good progress was reported in turning around the business in the United States. Revenue from sales made directly to consumers (DTC) was up 4% in constant currency terms, compared to the same…

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[ad_1] By Jessica DiNapoli and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Ben & Jerry’s ratcheted up its censorship lawsuit against Unilever (LON:) on Friday, accusing its parent company of suppressing a social policy statement the U.S. ice cream maker wanted to release because it mentioned President Donald Trump. The allegation came in an amended complaint filed in Manhattan federal court, where Ben & Jerry’s in November accused Unilever of silencing its attempts to express support for Palestinian refugees and end military aid to Israel, and threatening to dismantle its independent board. Ben & Jerry’s wants a court order freeing the board…

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[ad_1] Image source: Getty Images Lloyds‘ (LSE: LLOY) shares remain a popular investment. It seems that investors are drawn to the low share price, dividend income, and the fact that the stock remains miles off its highs. The shares haven’t been a good long-term investment though. Had an investor put £5,000 into them a decade ago, they’d probably be pretty disappointed today… The share price hasn’t gone up! On 26 January 2015, Lloyds shares closed the day at 76p. So let’s say the investor picked up £5k worth of shares at that price. Ignoring trading commissions, they’d have got 6,578…

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