Beware of groupthink on why the economy’s so weak
According to our top econocrats, the underlying cause of the economy’s greatest vulnerability – weak real wage growth – is obvious: weak improvement in productivity. But I fear they’ve got that the wrong More...
Bank Accounts: 4 reasons why you must close your idle savings accounts
Although savings accounts do not have any annual maintenance charges, their linked-debit cards mostly come with annual fees. The steady penetration of banking services has led to a large section among middle More...
Opinion | Why India needs to promote savings culture
Photo: iStock A senior citizen recently remarked that these days banks only contact you for loans as compared to 3-4 decades back when banks reached out to customers to garner deposits. I couldn’t agree more. More...
The Trump Economy Is Strong. So Why Exaggerate?
It’s sunny out. We get it. Photographer: Alex Wong/Getty Images There’s no denying that, since Donald Trump was sworn in as president in January 2017, the U.S. economy has been doing quite well. Growth in real More...
7 stocks experts are most bullish on now and why
To help you benefit from the changes in analysts’ recommendations, ET Wealth has selected the most promising stocks. With the results season coming to an end, stock analysts are busy changing their recommendations More...
Hammond, the economy and why chewing gum matters
It was Lyndon Baines Johnson who famously said that Gerald Ford could not walk and chew gum at the same time. (He actually said fart and chew gum, but his words were sanitised by a US media that didn’t much More...
Why is Trump still standing? The answer is the economy
How much will the American public let Trump get away with? US media organizations have been hounding Trump since he became president until they now collectively sound like the boys and girls who cried wolf. (Quite More...
Why should you go for .me TLD?
Ok, so you have decided to go for web hosting. Now you are thinking which domain name should you go for? Well, dot.com domain names are undoubtedly the most popular, but many new domains are available in the market. More...
The stock market is scary. But here’s why you still should invest
Better buckle up. Volatility is back on Wall Street. On Monday the Dow sunk a record 1,175 points. Tuesday started off scary, but the index ended the day up more than 500 points. Thursday was another wild ride More...
Why Angel Investors Should Have an Investment Thesis
Few angel investors have investment theses, short summaries of the person’s strategy for what kinds of startups he or she will fund. Fewer still have these theses written down in a form that can be shared with More...