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Jan42021 by adminNo Comments

How gold, silver performed during the week ending December 30, 2020

Finance

The scope and attractiveness of alternative investments is increasing. Here’s a weekly tracker of returns from such investments. But don’t compare these with returns from traditional investments since the proportion and purpose of alternative investments is vastly different. Gold (995) (Rs) Weak US dollar has helped gold to recover the losses and end the week on a flat note near the Rs 50,000 per 10-gram mark. Silver (Rs) The short term outperformance of silver continues on industrial demand and it ended the week with a gain of 2%. Platinum ($ /troy ounce) Industrial demand has helped platinum to gain 4.26% during the past week. The metal has hit a new 52 week high now. WTI Crude ($ /barrel) Crude oil prices remained flat because the fear of production increase by Opec+ in January neutra...

Dec222020 by adminNo Comments

Blood pressure readings should be performed on both arms

Technology

New research has produced "robust evidence" that a difference in blood pressure readings between arms is linked to a greater risk of heart attacks, strokes and death.Scientists at the University of Exeter merged 24 global studies on blood pressure to create an enormous database of nearly 54,000 people for their research. The data spans blood pressure readings from both arms for adults from across Europe, the US, Africa and Asia and shows that the greater the difference between arms the greater the risk to the patient. Image: High blood pressure is indicative of a high heart attack risk "Currently, international blood pressure guidelines advise health professionals to measure blood pressure in both arms when assessing cardiovascular ri...

Oct192020 by adminNo Comments

How gold, silver performed during the week ending October 15, 2020

Finance

The scope and attractiveness of alternative investments is increasing. Here’s a weekly tracker of returns from such investments. But don’t compare these with returns from traditional investments since the proportion and purpose of alternative investments is vastly different. 1. Gold (995) (Rs) Gold gave up early gains and ended flat because the chance of inflation spiralling in the US was dampened by a second wave of coronavirus in Europe. 2. Silver (Rs) Silver moved along with gold and ended the week at previous week's levels. 3. WTI Crude ($ /barrel) Increased Chinese crude oil buying was neutralised by weak demand from European countries and crude also ended the week flat. 4. Wine (Rs) You can also make money by investing in wine and the Liv-ex Fine Wine 50 Index from Bloomberg. It ...

Feb242020 by adminNo Comments

How Sensex, gold, 10-year G-sec performed for week ending Feb 20, 2020

Finance

This weekly tracker keeps you updated on the benchmark stock index, gold prices, bond yields and inflation. It also tracks the changes in the past one year to give investors an idea how their investments performed over a longer period. Investors were pessimistic due to the lack of buying triggers, lackluster global markets, depreciating rupee and persistent capital outflows. Gold price (Rs) Gold prices gained on worries of global economic growth due to rising coronavirus infections and speculations of monetary policy easing by the Federal Reserve. Bond yields were little changed as investors remained cautious due to the rising Brent oil prices and weak Asian currencies. CPI continued to remain above the RBI's tolerance level for the second month in a row due to surging food...

Nov122019 by adminNo Comments

Vaping-related lung transplant performed at Detroit hospital

Health

Doctors at a Detroit hospital have performed what could be the first double lung transplant on a man whose lungs were damaged from vapingBy COREY WILLIAMS Associated PressNovember 12, 2019, 3:19 AM3 min read Doctors at a Detroit hospital have performed what could be the first double lung transplant on a man whose lungs were damaged from vaping. No other details of the transplant were released Monday by Henry Ford Health System, which has scheduled a news conference Tuesday. The patient has asked his medical team to share photographs and an update to warn others about vaping. The team of medical experts that performed the procedure believes it is "the first double lung transplant in the world for a patient whose lungs were irreparably damaged from vaping," the health system said in a news r...