As Diwali approaches, investors once again face a classic festive dilemma: whether to buy gold or invest in stocks. Gold has glittered with record-breaking returns this year, but can it outshine equities in the long run? Here’s a look at what history, data, and market logic suggest.

As Diwali approaches, investors once again face a classic festive dilemma: whether to buy gold or invest in stocks.

Gold or stocks? This Diwali, what's the better bet? | Investment Tips | Gold vs equity

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Video game maker Epic Games has reached a comprehensive settlement" with Google that could end its 5-year-old legal crusade targeting Google's Play Store for Android apps.
Epic and Google revealed the settlement agreement in a joint legal document they filed in a San Francisco federal court on Tuesday.
They said it would allow the parties to put their disputes aside while making Android a more vibrant and competitive platform for users and developers".
Epic, which makes the hit online game Fortnite, won a victory over the summer when a federal appeals court upheld a jury verdict condemning Google's Android app store as an illegal monopoly.
The unanimous ruling cleared the way for a federal judge to enforce a potentially disruptive shake-up that's designed to give consumers more choices. Google took another hit in October when the US Supreme Court refused to protect it from the judge's required app store makeover.
The specific terms of the settlement agreement remain under seal and

Epic and Google revealed the settlement agreement in a joint legal document they filed in a San Francisco federal court on Tuesday

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The Allahabad High Court has issued directions for the direct electronic transmission of bail orders and immediate release of prisoners through the Bail Order Management System (BOMS) so that no one remains in jail after being granted bail.
The order was passed by Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal while granting bail to an accused in a kidnapping case.
The high court observed, "The personal liberty of a person is a fundamental right under Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Therefore, a person cannot be deprived of their liberty, except in accordance with the procedure established by law.
"Once a Court grants bail to an undertrial or convict, then it is the right of that undertrial or convict to know about the bail order immediately so that he/she does not remain confined in jail because of the laxity on the part of the judicial system or jail administration. The Apex Court also showed its concern about the liberty of a man who has been granted bail in the case of Policy Strateg

The order was passed by Justice Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal while granting bail to an accused in a kidnapping case

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Gold or stocks? This Diwali, what's the better bet? | Investment Tips | Gold vs equity

As Diwali approaches, investors once again face a classic festive dilemma: whether to buy gold or invest in stocks. Gold has glittered with record-breaking returns this year, but can it outshine equities in the long run? Here’s a look at what history, data, and market logic suggest.

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