Is the illusion of ’free’ financial advice costing you more in the long run? | Mint

Is the illusion of ’free’ financial advice costing you more in the long run? | Mint

Source: Live Mint Recently, the capital markets regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India, proposed changes to make it easier for individuals to become registered investment advisors (RIA) for individuals looking to get advice on their personal finances. SEBI has done this, presumably, with the objective of encouraging more professionals to seek out the RIA…

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Chipotle is testing avocado-peeling robots

Chipotle is testing avocado-peeling robots

Source: The Verge Chipotle has a new robot called the Autocado with a key assignment: peeling avocados. The prototype machine “cuts, cores, and peels avocados” by the case before workers mash them up for guacamole in a process Chipotle is describing as using cobots (collaborative robots). The company says the robot being tested in a…

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Semiconductor stocks rally after US Fed kicks off easing cycle; Nvidia soars 5%, S&P 500 hits record-high | Stock Market News

Semiconductor stocks rally after US Fed kicks off easing cycle; Nvidia soars 5%, S&P 500 hits record-high | Stock Market News

Source: Live Mint Semiconductor stocks such as Nvidia rose 4.7%, while Advanced Micro Devices gained 3.5% and Broadcom added 3.8%, sending the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor Index up 3.6%.  Wall Street rallied on Thursday with the S&P 500 hitting another intraday record high after the Federal Reserve kicked off its easing cycle with half-a-percentage point reduction…

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