During the week, the BSE benchmark advanced 721.53 points or 0.88 per cent, PTI reported.Among the winners were Reliance Industries, HDFC Bank, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Bharti Airtel, State Bank of India, Infosys and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). ICICI Bank, Bajaj Finance and Hindustan Unilever, however, ended in the red.The market valuation of State Bank of India soared Rs 35,953.25 crore to Rs 7,95,910 crore, while Bharti Airtel added Rs 33,214.77 crore taking its mcap to Rs 11,18,952 ...

Well-chosen properties can offer a reliable source of rental income, which can be used to cover living expenses in retirement, reducing dependency on traditional retirement savings or Social Security.Investing in real estate is widely regarded as a robust strategy for retirement planning due to its potential for generating passive income and capital appreciation over time.Here are two ways to do just that:Instead of solely relying on Social Security for your retirement, you can also take matters into your o ...

Drosera Network: The Silent Guardian Revolutionizing Blockchain SecurityMansir Almansir4 min read·Just nowJust now--How a protocol named after a carnivorous plant is changing the game for DeFi securityPress enter or click to view image in full sizeRemember the DeFi boom of 2020? It brought amazing innovation to blockchain, but here’s the brutal truth: in 2024 alone, hackers stole over $2.3 billion from DeFi protocols. Every hack follows the same playbook — bad guys find a weakness, attack with lightning spe ...

Key Points The world is on a path of more debt and greater money supply. Lack of central control and a fixed supply make Bitcoin a unique asset. Historical trends should continue, with more capital finding its way to Bitcoin. 10 stocks we like better than Bitcoin › Seeing one of your portfolio's positions generate a 10-year return of 50,000% is truly mind-boggling. But this is exactly what Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has done (as of Sept. 17). A $2,000 starting investment in September 2015 would be wort ...

I ventured into investing in high school in 2011, mainly in REITs, preferred stocks, and high-yield bonds, starting a fascination with markets and the economy that has not faded despite the years. More recently I have been combining long stock positions with covered calls and cash secured puts. I approach investing purely from a fundamental long-term point of view. On Seeking Alpha I mostly cover REITs and financials, with occasional articles on ETFs and other stocks driven by a macro trade idea.Analyst’s D ...

In this articleRTXTravellers wait in Terminal 4 at Heathrow Airport on Sept. 20, 2025 after major European airports including Brussels, Berlin and London's Heathrow were hit by "cyber-related disruption."Justin Tallis | Afp | Getty ImagesDisruption at some European airports continued for a second day on Sunday after a cyberattack targeted check-in technology company Collins Aerospace.The U.K.'s largest airport, Heathrow, was among those affected, along with Berlin and Brussels airports.Brussels Airport said ...

If every one of your dollars counts, make sure you're getting the biggest possible bang for your buck.Money is tight for most Americans these days. Although the math suggests wages have mostly kept up with inflation, the reality is that paying the rent or the mortgage, buying groceries, or just keeping the lights turned on has never felt so painful.There's no wiggle room, either. As the Motley Fool's own in-house research arm points out, the typical U.S. household only has about $8,000 worth of accessible c ...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is one of the AI Stocks Analysts Are Tracking Closely. On September 18, Oppenheimer reiterated the stock as “Perform”. The rating follows the launch of Meta’s Ray-Ban Display smart glasses. The firm reassured that Meta’s smart glasses are not a threat to Apple. Meta’s $799 Ray-Ban Display features an in-lens display and an EMG wristband for gesture control. However, Oppenheimer contends that the innovation does not yet represent a significant challenge to Apple’s tightly integrate ...

After 15 years helping his company generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, Jay — not his real name — left his job as a copywriter for a private tech firm in 2023. But a year later, his old department head called. “She seemed a little sheepish at first, but finally admitted that things weren't going great,” Jay said. She was hoping he would return in some way that worked for him, and made it clear she’d already okayed the move with the company’s finance department. They settled on a month-l ...

Key Points ASML holds a technological monopoly in its space. Palantir's stock is incredibly expensive and ripe for a pullback. 10 stocks we like better than Palantir Technologies › Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) has been one of the hottest stocks in the market, rising an astounding 2,660% from the start of 2023 (not long after the AI arms race began to heat up) to now. As well as Palantir has done over that time, there's another AI stock that I like even more. And three years from now, it coul ...