Are investors drawing the right conclusions? Are some funds illprepared for a doomsday scenario? Should you buy or exit a fund based on these test results? We attempt to filter out the noise around the much-hyped stress tests to find out whether investors need to be worried.
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“I do not have doubts about the structural element of the MOFSL study but coming to the point about cyclicality moving out of retail investment, I would like to point out with some data that in investor behaviour and investor psychology, the cyclical element still persists. Right now, the flows have been flagging off and the net flow is nowhere compared to where it was a year or two back.”
"If we just look at data of the last five years of emerging market performance in dollar terms – it is negative, and India is about 7% to 8% positive in the dollar terms. It is negative is because China, Russia, etc., everything has disappointed. Overall, eventually people will realise that this basket approach of investing with BRICS or EMs, etc. in India, may not be working for them. It is probably not a scientifically constructed basket.."
"If we just look at data of the last five years of emerging market performance in dollar terms – it is negative, and India is about 7% to 8% positive in the dollar terms. It is negative is because China, Russia, etc., everything has disappointed. Overall, eventually people will realise that this basket approach of investing with BRICS or EMs, etc. in India, may not be working for them. It is probably not a scientifically constructed basket.."