Mc Pro Weekender

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Fed cuts rates, but projections tell a murkier story

The Fed's latest 25 basis point cut met expectations, but the mixed economic forecasts and market reactions point to an environment that remains highly uncertain

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Blood Moon Rising: A Week That Exposed the Cracks in the Global System

This week's convergence of protests, conflict and economic strain are symptoms of the unravelling of the global order

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | GST in Gloriously Silly Terms

GST saw a Glorious Structural Turnaround this week and many other acronyms

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Powell gives an inch

Ths US Fed chief has one eye on the tariff risks to prices, and the other on a softening job market

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Twisting the tariff knife

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Looking for structural winners in disrupted markets

In a world reeling under economic headwinds and tech upheaval, investors need to bet on resilience and reinvention

Voodoo World: Investing in times of geopolitical turmoil

As geopolitics reshapes trade flows and domestic data reveals cracks in demand, markets are adjusting unevenly—pricing in policy shifts while grappling with earnings ambiguity

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Apocalypse Postponed, Again

Halfway into 2025, global markets and the economy continue to defy forecasts of doom with defiant cheerfulness

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | NATO Spending Hike Sounds Trumpet for Orwell’s Permanent War Economy

NATO's new 5 percent defence spending target marks a historic rupture--signalling the rise of the security state, the eclipse of social welfare, and the march to a militarized economy

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Will the US Go to War with Iran Despite Markets Betting on Stability?

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Whistling past the graveyard

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | As global yields rise and the dollar softens, where do Indian equities stand?

The Trump regime, with its erratic and shifting policies, will continue to reshape markets in unpredictable and often disruptive ways

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Waiting for Trump

UBS's 2025 forecast points to the 5Ds that are reshaping the global economy--Debt, Deglobalisation, Demographics, Decarbonisation and Digitalization. We would add a sixth D--Donald

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | There's much to celebrate even as dark clouds gather 

The Indian markets are having a much-needed correction; what should investors do? Our MC Pro Diwali 2024 portfolio has the answer

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | The dogs of war

The markets have so far shrugged off the possibility of a serious escalation of the war in the Middle East

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender: Q1 GDP numbers provide comfort on both consumption, private capex

Despite slower overall GDP growth, both consumption and investment demand have picked up, as has growth in employment-intensive sectors

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Edge of Euphoria

Among the global fund managers surveyed by Bank of America, 61 percent said they expected lower-than-average growth and higher-than-average inflation for the global economy over the next 12 months

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | What the Vix says about elections

This time around, the India Vix is much lower compared to the previous three general elections

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | The growth-rate cut switcheroo

Will the benefits of stronger-than-expected growth outweigh the disappointment on rate cuts?

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | Horses for courses

While growth is picking up worldwide at the moment, the medium term outlook is far from rosy, says the IMF

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender | An elephant called Inflation

Here are the details about how the Mad Pachyderm Committee (MPC) fought against the elephant Inflation, the weapons they used, and the epic poems about the heroic battle

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender: Saint Powell and the inflation dragon

While the markets reach all time highs, the Bank for International Settlements warns that the last mile on disinflation is a difficult trek

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender: India’s coming-out party

The third quarter’s GDP growth of 8.4 percent was far beyond expectations, as was the estimate of 7.6 percent growth for the full year 2023-24.

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender: Dragons, AI, global economy, and markets

Markets across the world are soaring, thanks to growth firming up and inflation dissipating. But much depends on how China does in the Year of the Dragon

Moneycontrol Pro Weekender: Corporate governance’s pull for big money

India’s growing clout on the world stage is giving it a halo that companies find irresistible. A high level of corporate governance standards can burnish its reputation further