Sweets, swans, and prejudices against foreignersLeftover sweets from festivals are a common issue. A story from the 1950s highlights a diplomat's wife feeding mithai to swans in Geneva. M...
02 Nov, 2025, 10.35 AM IST
Nassim Taleb sounds alarm: Hedge now as debt crisis threatens market crashUS stock market crash warning: Nassim Taleb warns investors that the current stock market rally masks a looming US debt crisis, a visible t...
10 Oct, 2025, 05.53 PM IST
Wall Street legend predicts Trump’s economy could be headed for a big crashHedge fund manager Mark Spitznagel warns that Trump’s economy could face a big market crash. He calls today’s stock levels risky and compar...
23 Sep, 2025, 06.40 PM IST
Trump opens the door for private equity and crypto as 401(k) retirement plan optionsA Trump executive order could allow 401(k) plans to invest in higher-risk assets like private equity and cryptocurrencies, potentially open...
08 Aug, 2025, 09.12 AM IST
What goes down must go upWhile missing or ignoring the existence of the rare black swan can be catastrophic in investing, the error of not being able to spot the ab...
05 Mar, 2024, 11.46 AM IST
We are at the foothills of a multi-year boom cycle in oil prices: Robert McNally, Founder & President, Rapidan EnergyRobert McNelly has seen conflicts from up close. He was the former senior energy advisor on both the National Economic Council as well as t...
26 Oct, 2023, 07.14 PM IST
PM Modi holds discussions with professor Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Author Robert ThurmanPrime Minister will attend Yoga Day celebrations at the UN headquarters on June 21. PM Modi will then travel to Washington DC and will rece...
21 Jun, 2023, 11.12 AM IST
Investing rightTaking a deeper, spiritual perspective, it appears that the genesis of the trouble lies in adhering to non-spiritual investing values. If t...
06 Apr, 2023, 11.16 PM IST
Onset of spring: God of love takes charge, bringing to life Kalidasa’s evocation of Vasant in the RitusamharaLove blossoms and enchanted lovers steal intimacies, risking the fury of a self-appointed moral brigade. For a while now, misinformed moral...
20 Feb, 2022, 02.50 PM IST
Shift to infrastructural spending, EVs likely to drive Nickel higherAfter collapsing in the early months of 2020, base metal prices recovered on the back of a stellar recovery in China’s economy (since Q2 -2...
02 Sep, 2020, 02.51 PM IST
Asian shares edge higher, investors brace for US electionsOn Wall Street, the S&P 500 gained 0.56 per cent.
06 Nov, 2018, 02.30 PM IST
World economy improving, but be wary of 'black swans'The IMF Managing Director said growth would not be sustainable if it is not inclusive and the world would need to take care of massive ineq...
20 Jan, 2017, 06.47 PM IST
Drug overdose drags Sensex 156 points lower; Nifty50 below 8,450On similar lines, the broader Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange followed suit and ended the week at 8,433, down 51.20 points from its ...
04 Nov, 2016, 04.18 PM IST
Hostels in Chinese city told to refuse guests from PakistanAsked about the move, Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said that "we never heard about such a policy being carried out in China".
26 Aug, 2016, 04.16 PM IST
Barack Obama's India visit: Black swan moment or lame duck trip?"The big surprise is not just Obama accepting the Republic Day invitation and agreeing to be the first US president to make two full visits...
22 Jan, 2015, 12.02 PM IST
WEF founder calls Iran and Syria ‘Black Swans’ as Euro crisis fades'Black-swan' describes extreme outcomes such as 2008 financial crisis that were previously considered very unlikely to happen.
23 Jan, 2013, 01.16 PM IST
- Fed agency head calls for new regulatory regime
The head of the federal agency that oversees commodities trading wants to replace it and the Securities and Exchange Commission with three ...
12 Nov, 2008, 03.19 AM IST