Sanjay Mathur, managing director and head of economics research for Asia Pacific (ex-Japan), Royal Bank of Scotland, tells Business Standard that in the emerging market pack, India needs to learn lessons from Korea and Taiwan, which have managed their economic situations well.
Nobutaka Kitajima, chief investment officer -- equity, LIC Nomura Mutual Fund, tells Business Standard the reaction to the Fed's statements has been overdone and the current downturn has punished certain stocks much more than their inherent economic worth and business potential.
HCL Technologies and Infosys should benefit more than TCS and Wipro
He also feels that central banks have injected too much liquidity, which is not sustainable and will end badly for investors.
Dhananjay Sinha, co-head, institutional research, Emkay Global Financial Services tells Business Standard in an interview that even as global commodity prices have softened in response to expectations of weaker global demand, the stronger performance of equities is seemingly pre-empting stronger growth.
A record net inflow in Indian equities in the financial year ending March 2013 helped foreign investors widen their grip.
Fiscal cliff top concern and emerging markets a preferred region for investing, findings suggest.
Interview with president and CEO of Tata Mutual Fund.
Jayesh Gandhi, executive director, Morgan Stanley Investment Management in an interview with Business Standard, says Indian equities continue to remain a long-term bull story based on the growth prospect for the country and, hence, in a way cannot be ignored by global investors.
Nitin Jain, head, capital markets (individual clients) for Edelweiss Financial Services, talks about the uncertain economic environment and what investors could do.
Indian markets started 2012 on a positive note. Ridham Desai, managing director and strategist and head of India equity research, Morgan Stanley, says, he expects a 15 per cent upside in the Sensex this year.
Given the recent weakness in the rupee and the high forward premium, information technology companies can prove to be good defensive stocks with low downside risks in the prevailing market conditions, Moses Harding, head (global markets group), IndusInd Bank, tells Puneet Wadhwa.
The key triggers would be price of oil, inflation and results of state elections. If oil and inflation levels come down, there could be a rally.
We believe equity markets in 2011 will be volatile. However, for investors, volatility will provide investment opportunities.
India, per se, is witnessing more promising growth.
Anuj Puri, chairman and country head, Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj, tells Business Standard that high prices and hardening of mortgage rates may act as a dampener.
The central bank may increase both repo and reverse repo rates by another 25 basis points each in the next policy meeting.