The benchmark indices darted up to fresh peaks on Friday, capping off a stellar week in which equity benchmarks closed every session at a record high on unabated foreign fund inflows. After opening at its lifetime intra-day high of 47,026.02, the Sensex succumbed to selling pressure but rebounded at the fag-end trade to finish at a record 46,960.69, up 70.35 points or 0.15 per cent. Similarly, the broader Nifty rose 19.85 points or 0.14 per cent to 13,760.55 — its new closing record. IT stocks hogged the limelight as…

These days, the online content world is downright saturated. There are millions of people all claiming to be “experts” in their chosen field. There are literally more than 600 million blogs. And it seems like everyone in the world has their own podcast.So how did this happen, exactly? Why is the content world so saturated with redundant (and often bad) content, and how can you fight against it?Free Book Preview: Ultimate Guide to Google Ads Get a glimpse of how Google’s marketing resources and strategies can help you grow your business’s digital reach. December 16, 2020 5 min read…

Bitcoin breached $23,000 for the first time in history as more Wall Street names crowd into the the world’s largest digital currency up 220 per cent this year. As momentum builds, analysts predict more gains ahead. The digital coin jumped more than 9 per cent on Thursday, touching a high of $23,256.92, according to a composite of prices compiled by Bloomberg. Bitcoin and the wider Bloomberg Galaxy Crypto Index have both more than tripled this year. Cryptocurrency-linked stocks in South Korea, Japan and China climbed. The rally in digital assets is…

December 16, 2020 9 min readOpinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In business, being the trusted authority in your space is the best way to earn your customers’ trust. Or is it the other way around? Do you become an authority in your space by earning the trust of your customers and clients over time? Authority, clout, credibility — the immediately earned trust of a customer through purely social indicators is one of the most sought after statuses as a brand or a business. To understand how to earn authority and trust, we must understand the two…

A company leader’s existence is a long series of decisions, yet many executives don’t have a systematic approach to making those decisions. They rely on intuition; they don’t have an accurate understanding of their track record over time; and they fall prey to biases, cherry-picking new information to reinforce existing beliefs rather than looking at data objectively. These are challenges that Annie Duke has experienced firsthand. Duke studied cognitive science at the University of Pennsylvania and was a few months from completing her Ph.D. when she had to take time off for health reasons. She started playing poker, thinking initially…

The US Treasury labeled Switzerland and Vietnam as currency manipulators on Wednesday and added India, Taiwan and Thailand to a watch list of countries it suspects of taking measures to devalue their currencies against the dollar. The “monitoring list” of countries has now hit 10. Others on the list include China, Japan, Korea, Germany, Italy, Singapore and Malaysia. The Treasury also said that India and Singapore had also intervened in the foreign exchange market in a “sustained, asymmetric manner” but did not meet other requirements to warrant designation as manipulators. …

People can make a glorious career in the Forex market. As the market is open for 24 hours, the working schedule is a little bit wired. However, doing work in the business field requires adequate knowledge about the laws and regulations of this field and special skills. Many companies also take one or more tests of the applicants for getting ideas about them. Sometimes, if you know another language such as French, Arabic, and Korean, and so on, you will be preferred by the firm for some positions. There are different types of job sectors in the CFD field. Let’s…

December 15, 2020 5 min read This story originally appeared on ValueWalk Business is ever-changing, and so are the marketing strategies that drive business growth and success. Change is certainly inevitable. The COVID-19 pandemic made this very apparent with many brick and mortar businesses left with no choice but to digitize operations. And this is where innovation comes into play. The innovation in technology has disrupted marketing in more ways than one. From enterprise companies to local businesses, innovation is no longer a side thought. Innovate or close up shop is in many ways a mantra these days. Marketing is…