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Shares of Amazon (AMZN 1.30%) were up 44% in 2024, handily outpacing the 23% return for the S&P 500. And as far as I'm concerned, this outperformance was easy to anticipate for investors who knew what to look for. Over the last 20 years, Amazon stock has dropped 25% or more many times. But it has never posted a year-over-year drop in quarterly revenue. Therefore, Amazon's stock price isn't strongly correlated with its sales, which have always gone up, whereas the stock price has its ups and downs. For Amazon,...

Budget 2025: The Indian stock market experienced high volatility on Saturday, February 1, following the FY26 Union Budget announcement by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. While the budget introduced major changes in income tax slabs, shifting more money into the hands of middle-class consumers, market sentiment remained mixed due to concerns over government capital expenditure (capex) allocation.A key takeaway from the budget was the increase in the income tax exemption limit to ₹12 lakh, a significant move aimed at boosting household consumption, savings, and investment. There had been widespread expectations that...