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Balanced advantage funds (BAFs) were popular in the later part of 2021 and continued to see good inflows until some months back as investors looked for safer options amid over-valuation concerns. As such concerns ease, investors are…

Notwithstanding sharp volatility in March, mutual fund (MF) investors didn’t fight shy of investing in riskier small-cap-oriented schemes. Inflows into small-cap funds were not just the highest in absolute terms, they were also the…

Patients who receive blood donations face no greater risk of death whether the blood comes from a man or a woman, according to new research that is challenging long-held assumptions. A study published in the New England Journal of…

The risk of death, hospitalisation and serious health issues from COVID-19 jumps significantly with reinfection compared with a first bout with the virus, regardless of vaccination status, according to a study published on Thursday (Nov…

Mortgage demand dropped again last week as rates climbed higher, but one type of loan is attracting borrowers. Adjustable-rate mortgages, or ARMs, which offer lower rates, are seeing renewed demand after getting very little interest over…

WASHINGTON — The old nuclear order, rooted in the Cold War’s unthinkable outcomes, was fraying before Russia invaded Ukraine. Now, it is giving way to a looming era of disorder unlike any since the beginning of the atomic age.Russia’s…

AT a time when we are all looking for reasons to be cheerful, it was with great joy and relief that football supporters up and down the country welcomed the news this week that they would be allowed back into stadiums to see their team.…

<!-- -->Bitcoin, the largest digital currency, fell as much as 9.2 per centto $53,551Bitcoin tumbled over nine per cent on Friday, dragging smaller tokens down, after the discovery of a new, potentially vaccine-resistant coronavirus…