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The US Fed has an unenviable choice to make; take swift and steep tightening action while the concurrent growth is still strong, thereby tame inflation and improve future prospects or let stagflation turn into a recession. The situation has got confounded by the Russian incursion which can spike up crude prices beyond the $100 mark. Thus, equity markets are faced with the prospect of rising market risk premium and elevated volatility.

Bitcoin and other digital assets have sagged on open conflict between Russia and Ukraine. The latest downturn translates into the value of the cryptocurrency market dropping to $1.75 trillion. Many of the other crypto assets saw even more losses than Bitcoin, averaging around 18-20 per cent. Ethereum, the second most traded cryptocurrency, was down almost 11 per cent on Thursday morning, and many other large coins also dropped more than 10 per cent.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has set the price at Rs 5,109 per gram of gold. The latest tranche of the SGB Scheme - Series X can be subscribed till March 4.

In December, the RP of a Faridabad-based firm that owns a shopping mall and has a debt of over Rs 300 crore, raised interim finance to run the day-to-day operations even as the company was going through the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP).

The company, which reported sales of 12.92 lakh units in the December quarter, also expects the various announcements made in the Union Budget this year to trigger a cycle not only of employment and income but also capex in the private sector.

Buffett called Apple the second-most important business after Berkshire’s cluster of insurers.

A green sovereign bond issuance from India is expected to find traction with global investors with large pools of capital dedicated to green causes, even though it will be an onshore rupee-denominated bond. However, the effect of a sovereign green bond goes well beyond raising funds at competitive rates or divers ification of source of funds. It demonstrates the country’s commitment to decarbonisation and other climate goals.

Berkshire also signaled renewed confidence in its own stock, repurchasing $6.9 billion in the quarter, and boosting total buybacks in 2021 to a record $27 billion.

​Buffett, who has faced mounting pressure on environmental issues over the years, typically navigates the topic by referring back to Berkshire’s operating model, where each company has individual responsibility for how it addresses such risks.

“If I felt the property market was going to go up, I would probably be more in affordable housing and some of the real estate stocks. I have always tried to play real estate through the material sectors because one is getting a more diversified number of companies to play with rather than just a pure business.”