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Financialization- a Mega Trend

Sep 17, 2021

6:40 am

‘Hum hain naye, andaz kyon ho purana’ – is a Bollywood song that reflects the Indian youth in their journey of financialization of savings. In 2017, when the RBI committee released a report on household finance, 84% of Indian household wealth was in real estate and other physical goods, 11% in gold and only 5%…

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Will This Time be Different?

Sep 15, 2021

10:48 am

• Equity markets have downside risk as the S&P 500 drops very close to a key support • A worst-case scenario could see the US market fall 23% and others would likely follow • However underlying growth remains well-founded offset by short term supply disruptions • Buying the dips could still be the strategy as…

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Looking to Asia for Help

Sep 7, 2021

12:04 am

• The US economy loses some momentum, but it may be just noise • The bond market shows some concern about wage inflation • ECB may discuss the tapering of bond purchases, but its implementation is unlikely for some time • The resignation of Japan’s PM could be another positive for the equity market •…

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Still a Long Way from Normal

Sep 1, 2021

12:27 am

• Normal Fed monetary policy is still a long way away as Jerome Powell presses the ongoing near-zero rates • The bond market embraces the loose money and leaves longer-dated bond yields close to 1.30% • High yield bonds continue to accrue return • Equity markets enjoy loose monetary conditions but may fret about the…

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