US stock indices dived as investors rushed to government bonds on economic worries over the fallout of President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs on US trading partners.Indian markets followed suit, with fears of a global trade war growing after US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on all countries. The Sensex and Nifty crash was preceded by a market rout on Wall Street and other major Asian markets like Japan, Singapore and China.In this interview, Karan Agarwal, Co-founder, of Elever, a SEBI-registered Portfolio Manager while speaking with Abhishek Singh, Deputy Editor, of Mint made some bold predictions about what's likely to follow after market's crash.

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Published on April 7, 2025

Ram Singh is a member of RBI's monetary policy committee, and the director of the Delhi School of Economics, and he has just released a report which has some stunning numbers, and consequences.The fact that the wealthiest 5% of Indians reported incomes that were just 4% of their total wealth. The paper, which is based on affidavits filed by election contestants, the Forbes list of billionaires and statistics published by the income tax department says that the wealthier the individual or the family, the lesser the reported income relative to the wealth.

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