http://flippingrich.com/investing-in-politics-india-style/ we live where you live, talk to us about real estate Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:53:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://flippingrich.com/investing-in-politics-india-style/#comment-4 Sunny Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:53:20 +0000 http://flippingrich.com/?p=9#comment-4 In a typical mutual fund that invests in international and/or emerging markets, the disclosure cautions investors to consider the currency fluctuation, reporting standard, politics, etc... This article definitely confirms the emerging markets such as India, China are riskier than those developed countries regardless of India & China’s expected growth to be in double digits for the next dozen years. The psychology of small investors (even some financial advisors) is eager to place bets in these emerging markets to capture their exploding growths. That could be just that – bets! With the political parties able to "persuade" their voters to take certain sides, the odds are high that the winning political party could take the country into a totally different dimension. We’ve seen our taxes raised during a certain presidency even after we heard “read my lips, no more taxes” during a presidential campaign. On the other hand, a famous ancient Chinese character translates “where lies danger, there’s opportunity”. So, place your bets. In a typical mutual fund that invests in international and/or emerging markets, the disclosure cautions investors to consider the currency fluctuation, reporting standard, politics, etc… This article definitely confirms the emerging markets such as India, China are riskier than those developed countries regardless of India & China’s expected growth to be in double digits for the next dozen years. The psychology of small investors (even some financial advisors) is eager to place bets in these emerging markets to capture their exploding growths. That could be just that – bets! With the political parties able to “persuade” their voters to take certain sides, the odds are high that the winning political party could take the country into a totally different dimension. We’ve seen our taxes raised during a certain presidency even after we heard “read my lips, no more taxes” during a presidential campaign. On the other hand, a famous ancient Chinese character translates “where lies danger, there’s opportunity”. So, place your bets.

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