Millennials hunting returns drive risk-hungry investing in India

Millennials hunting returns drive risk-hungry investing in India

An impatient Indian investor class, largely driven by millennials, is leaping into riskier investments from peer-to-peer lending to cryptocurrencies in the hope of boosting returns rocked by one of the worst inflation rates in Asia. The sheer number of individuals pouring money into new and lightly controlled assets sets India apart, after the pandemic fueled … Read more

Goibibo’s market study: Millennials love to splurge on travel! Premium and luxury stays in popular demand

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A striking aspect is that young Indians are splurging on premium and luxurious stays. (Photo source: Rajasthan Tourism on Twitter) Travel bookings soar in 2021 as there is a 150 per cent increase in bookings this year,  indicates Goibibo’s latest market study! We know that young Indian travellers are showing signs of travel confidence this festive season. Bookings … Read more

Solo travel, staycations and workations are strongly resonating with Gen-Zs, millennials: Pankaj Parwanda, goSTOPS

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‘Gen Z and millennials are the driving force behind the USD 2 Billion Dollars shared economy that India currently enjoys.’ The one industry pandemic has shaken the most is the travel and hospitality sector. However, the drop in number of new cases has made tourism pick the pace a bit. New trends have emerged and … Read more

Millennials Flock to Telehealth, Online Research

April 2, 2021 — The internet is often the first place many of us go to find information, whether it’s about hotels, music, or furniture. And health guidance is no exception — especially among millennials. A new survey of 2,040 millennials (ages 23 to 39) in February by Harmony Healthcare IT found that 69% … Read more

Gen X, Millennials in Worse Health Than Prior Generations

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By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, March 25, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Medicine may have advanced by leaps and bounds over the last century, but Generation X and millennials are in worse health than their parents and grandparents were at their age. That’s the conclusion of a new study that looked at markers of physical … Read more

A millennials love affair: China’s second-hand luxury goods market booms

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BEIJING: China’s love for luxury is spilling over into the once shunned second-hand goods sector, with online stores surfing a wave of pent-up demand from shoppers, led by millennials, who have been forced into belt-tightening by the coronavirus pandemic. The rapid proliferation over recent years of second-hand luxury sales online platforms have helped fuel an … Read more

America’s COVID Pandemic Is Now Skewing Younger

THURSDAY, Sept. 24, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Young adults in their 20s now account for more cases of COVID-19 than any other age group, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From June through August, people in their 20s accounted for more than 20% of all COVID … Read more

Covid disruption: ESG investment catches on fast & is here to stay

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By Souvik Ganguly Environmental, social and governance (ESG) focused investments have outperformed companies with lower ESG risk profiles and emerged as a trump card for investors in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. The trend has been noticeably visible also in India with ESG stocks generating comparatively higher returns compared with other stocks in … Read more