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Gold gets smuggled into the country in a hundred ways. A carrier can hide it in their body, stitch it inside their clothing, conceal it in their shoes, jackets or special belts, or simply carry it in their pockets.

Other funds which have a holding in Indiabulls Real Estate include Pacific Horizon Investment Trust Plc and Baillie Gifford Pacific Fund A Sub Fund of Baillie. While Pacific Horizon has a holding of 92,96,800 equity shares or 1.72%, Baillie Gifford holds 29,788,258 shares or 5.50%. Meanwhile, Jupiter India Fund which held 7,674,372 shares or 1.42% stake in the company has exited the company.

IT companies and most sectors are projected to experience more downgrades in the future, says Andrew Holland, CEO of Avendus Capital Public Markets Alternate Strategies. "With a bleak projected outlook, the market could experience troubles over the next few weeks, particularly as global financial issues take a toll. The banking sector will meet expectations, but it is unlikely to experience any surprises. " Holland does not recommend IT sector investments due to its recent downgrades and forecasts of worse to come.

he cash segment includes bonds, stocks, and mutual funds, and is suitable for long-term investments. Investors need sufficient funds to buy stocks in cash markets, whereas F&O markets require only margin money. Hedge funds and REITs offer higher returns with more flexibility and stricter regulations, respectively. Commodity, currency, and interest rate derivatives are traded in the F&O market. Futures and options allow investors to buy or sell assets at a set price in the future.

A hard landing in the US has become the base case for many economists, particularly after the recent banking-sector turmoil. However, Morgan Stanley’s global chief economist, Seth Carpenter, believes there are still signs a soft landing can be achieved. Carpenter says that whilst it is hard to avoid the fact that the US economy will slow down, the Federal Reserve has a chance to avoid a recession by assessing whether there is enough evidence that things are slowing down a lot, but not yet crashing.

Further rate action depends on the data, on realisations of inflation and growth and their impact on expected future values. If growth continues to be resilient and inflation continues to soften, rates may not need to rise.

Inflation or at least projected inflation would have to fall much closer to the target for the MPC to have the headroom to act against a growth slowdown.

Oilfield services giant SLB beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit, as elevated crude prices and tight supplies increased demand for its services.

Marcrotech Developers Q4 Results: PAT jumps 40% YoY to Rs 1,769 crore on record pre-sales

Macrotech Developers on Saturday announced that its board has approved issue of bonus shares in the proportion of one new fully paid up equity share of Rs 10 each for every existing share of Rs 10 each held by members of the company on record date.