India has been a low-yielding country in terms of dividends historically. So global investors looking for income are better avoiding Indian equities. As an emerging market, India is well-suited for finding growth-oriented stocks as opposed to dividend stocks. The chart below shows the historical yield comparison of India and other indices: Click to enlarge Source: …
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Households in India have very low exposure to equities in terms of their financial holdings. In fact, a recent article in The Wall Street Journal noted that Indians have about 2% of their total financial assets in stocks. This is very low compared to other countries such as the U.S. where the rate is 35%. …
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India’s benchmark Sensex is flat so far this year as of May 15th. The MSCI India Index is up by just 0.37% based on US dollar terms. India was one of the top performing markets in 2014 but that is not the case this year. For example, among emerging markets, China’s Shanghai Composite has shot up …
China and India rank the first and second in terms of population.Each country is home to more than one billion people. While India is a democratic country with a multitude of political parties China is a communist country with only the communist party allowed to exist. The economic system in China is unique and is …
The Indian stock market was one of the best performing markets in 2014 with a return of nearly 30% for the Sensex in local currency terms. This followed a 26% return in 2012 and 9% return in 2013 respectively. Year-to-date the index is up by 6.60% as of Feb 18th. Andrew Graham of Martin Currie,UK …