ISS Recommends Boeing Investors Vote Against CEO Pay Package

(Bloomberg) — Institutional Shareholder Services urged Boeing Co. investors to vote against a $32.8 million pay package for its chief executive officer, citing concerns over a special equity award and a “sizable increase” in his long-term incentive grant. CEO David Calhoun’s 45% pay jump from the prior year should be rejected at the company’s annual … Read more

Indian investors should think about bond investments, say experts; here’s why

Indian investors should think about bond investments, say experts; here's why

SEBI’s move has made bonds easily accessible to retail investors, and at this time, when interest rate reversal is expected in the markets, experts say Indian retail investors should look towards bond investments along with their equity build-up. Also Read: Will investing in bonds be made easier in India? How will SEBI’s move impact the … Read more

Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway trims Apple stake by 13% in Q1, remains biggest holding worth $135 billion

Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway trims Apple stake by 13% in Q1, remains biggest holding worth $135 billion

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has trimmed cut its massive stake in tech giant Apple Inc for the second straight quarter. In its first-quarter earnings report, Berkshire Hathaway reported that its Apple bet was worth $135.4 billion, implying around 790 million shares. This marks a decline of around 13 per cent in the stake. Apple still … Read more

Income tax: Home loan benefits when two houses are self-occupied

Income tax: Home loan benefits when two houses are self-occupied

I own two houses. Both are taken on housing loans. I stay in the first house, and my parents remain in the second house. Can I take tax benefits for both properties? Can I also avail of the tax benefit for stamp duty and registration charges paid for the second property purchased in March 2024? … Read more

Are passive funds to blame for market mania?

Are passive funds to blame for market mania?

The year is 2034. America’s “magnificent seven” firms make up almost the entirety of the country’s stockmarket. For Jensen Huang, the boss of Nvidia, another knockout quarterly profit means another dizzy proclamation of a “tipping point” in artificial intelligence. Nobody is listening. The long march of passive investing has put the last stockpickers and stock-watchers … Read more

Income Tax: As ITR forms enabled to file returns, check here which form you would require

Income Tax: As ITR forms enabled to file returns, check here which form you would require

No sooner had the new financial year started than the income tax return (ITR) filing process commenced for FY 2024.      The income tax department (ITD) has already enabled all the return filing forms – ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-4 and ITR-6 — for filing the returns at the e-filing portal.  The department has released the excel utility of … Read more

NSE board recommends 4:1 bonus shares, ₹90 per share dividend. Declares strong Q4 results 2024

NSE board recommends 4:1 bonus shares, ₹90 per share dividend. Declares strong Q4 results 2024

NSE dividend, bonus shares: The National Stock Exchange (NSE) board has recommended issuing bonus shares in a 4:1 ratio. The board also recommended a ₹90 per share dividend to the eligible shareholders of the company. NSE informed the Indian stock market exchanges about these developments while declaring its Q4 results 2024 on Friday. However, NSE … Read more

Sebi announces new rules for onboarding of clients by portfolio managers — an explainer

Sebi announces new rules for onboarding of clients by portfolio managers — an explainer

Capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday altered the rules to ease the digital onboarding process for clients of portfolio managers. Sebi had constituted various working groups to recommend measures to simplify and ease compliances. As part of these efforts, a working group was made to review the present regulatory … Read more

Brent, WTI shed 6% as oil heads for steepest weekly drop in 3 months: What’s cooling down the commodity?

Brent, WTI shed 6% as oil heads for steepest weekly drop in 3 months: What's cooling down the commodity?

Brent crude futures for July were last down 29 cents, or 0.35 per cent, to $83.38 a barrel. US West Texas Intermediate crude for June fell 37 cents, or 0.47 per cent, to $78.58 per barrel. Both benchmarks are set for weekly losses as investors are concerned that higher-for-longer interest rates will curb economic growth … Read more

Income tax: Close to 6 lakh IT returns filed within 30 days of portal’s opening, two-thirds processed, says report

Income tax: Close to 6 lakh IT returns filed within 30 days of portal’s opening, two-thirds processed, says report

The Income Tax (I-T) Department has received as many as 6 lakh returns in the first month of Assessment Year 2024-25 (FY25). Significantly, nearly two-thirds of the verified returns have already been processed, reported Business Line. Over 5.92 lakh returns were filed by April 29. Out of these, over 5.38 lakh had been verified and … Read more