9 June 2014

Elephant vs. Dragon: The Political and Economic Prospects of India and China

This is the first part of a three-part discussion. To be sure you don’t miss the rest, subscribe to Inside Investing via e-mail or RSS. My firm recently sponsored an event on two emerging economies, China and India, titled “Elephant … Read more

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7 March 2014

Why Should You Invest in Emerging Markets?

By Gregg S. Fisher, CFA

Over the past 20 years, from January 1992 to December 2012, China’s GDP per capita grew about 17 times and India’s GDP per capita grew about 4 or 5 times. These are astronomical increases. Now, think about what this might mean for … Read more

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6 December 2013

Special Report: How Doing What Is Right Helped Build the Indian Financial System

By Sloane Ortel

At the end of the last section, Pradip mentioned the event pictured above: India’s launch of a mars orbiter. This section will trace the construction of an institution that likely helped set the stage for that development by helping Indian … Read more

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5 December 2013

Special Report: Building an India Resistant to Currency Shocks and Inflation

By Sloane Ortel

Inflation, currency shocks, and their unequal impact on the Indian population as a whole have been brought up repeatedly in this week’s coverage of India. In part one of a two-part interview with Pradip Shah, the founding managing director of … Read more

Special Report: Is Corporate India Healthy?

By Sloane Ortel

As we continue our special coverage of India, it becomes important to ask the obvious. How are Indian companies doing? For that, we turn to the chief investment officer of SBI Mutual funds, Navneet Munot, CFA. Listen or read on … Read more

India’s Importance Abroad: The Rise of the Indian Diaspora

By Sloane Ortel

One cannot consider India without thinking about the massive impact that its language and culture have had abroad. Many common English words — among them, “thug”, “shampoo”, and “pundit”— have their origins in languages from the subcontinent. That’s not much … Read more

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2 December 2013

Special Report: What is India, and what is its Future?

By Sloane Ortel

We’ve done quite a few special features over the last year of Inside Investing, but this is the first time that we are paying particular focus to a country. There are a couple of reasons for that. Obviously, India is … Read more

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26 August 2013

Linkfest: Fed’s taper anxiety; Nasdaq shutdown; Ballmer retires; Moody’s cautions on bank ratings

By Druce Vertes, CFA

Linkfest.com finds today’s top headlines by following the best ‘curators’ on the Web and on Twitter, and by your votes and social media shares – pick the most important stories you think should appear by voting here. 1. Fed Burned … Read more

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6 August 2013

Linkfest: US consumer in better financial shape; Economic data lockup potentially leaky; Rajan to RBI as rupee slumps

By Druce Vertes, CFA

Linkfest.com finds today’s top headlines by following the best ‘curators’ on the Web and on Twitter, and by your votes and social media shares – pick the most important stories you think should appear by voting here. 1. Americans With … Read more