MUMBAI: The microfinance industry continued to shrink in the second quarter of FY26 even as asset quality improved. As of Sept 2025, the gross loan portfolio stood at Rs 34.56 lakh crore, a decline of ...

Are we in a stock market bubble or not? Let's tackle that question head-on, because it's all we seem to be hearing about these days. I'll put my cards on the table: We're not in a bubble. I'm going to ...

Increasingly, people are talking about a bubble in artificial intelligence (AI). This sounds ominous, but it has not stopped the stock market from moving higher. There are many other commentators who ...

Duping a guppy is easier than duping a ring dove — at least when it comes to a classic optical illusion. In the Ebbinghaus illusion, two identical circles placed side by side are each framed by a set ...

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GRAPEVINE, Texas — Ever wondered what it was like to live inside a bubble? Literally, not figuratively. “This is a whole new take on a bubble,” said Katie Mulberry, operations project manager at ...

I heard people who read the column I wrote last week on the AI bubble complain that, by rooting for its collapse, I was hoping for the failure of the U.S. economy. Nothing could be further from the ...

Artificial intelligence is changing the world of software even faster than its many proponents predicted. This week we saw several big moves by major companies to leverage AI to transform — let’s call ...

The AI trade has caused tech stocks such as the "Magnificent Seven" to lead the market's gains for over a year. This market concentration has made some investors nervous based on worries that AI would ...

I’ll be 63 next month. I’ve been retired for almost a year. I’m single, have no debt, and I’m in excellent health. I have $350,000 in home equity, $1 million in a 403(b), $80,000 in a Roth IRA, ...