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Ahead of the Curve provides analysis and insight into today's global financial markets. The latest news and views from global stock, bond, commodity, and FOREX markets are discussed. Rajveer Rawlin is a PhD and received his MBA in finance from the Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales, UK. He is an avid market watcher, having followed capital markets in the US and India since 1993. His research interests include capital markets, banking, investment analysis, and portfolio management, and he has over 20 years of experience in the above areas, covering the US and Indian markets. He has several publications in the above areas. He currently teaches business and management students at CHRIST University. The views expressed here are his own and should not be construed as advice to buy or sell securities.

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Monday, 22 May 2017

Daily Market Insight

Here is your daily insight from global financial markets. Today's post is an aggregate of interesting news and views form the Stock, FOREX, Commodity markets and the Economy:
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GMT-4   Event Actual Consensus
Friday, May 23
15:30 US CFTC S&P 500 NC Net Positions $-96.6K
15:30 US CFTC Oil NC Net Positions 186.4K
15:30 US CFTC Gold NC Net Positions $164.0K
15:30 UK CFTC GBP NC Net Positions £24.0K
15:30 AU CFTC AUD NC Net Positions $-59.1K
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14:40 US Fed's Chair Powell speech
24h UK Spring Bank Holiday
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24h US Memorial Day
02:30 CH Employment Level (QoQ)
19:01 UK BRC Shop Price Index (YoY)
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My Asset Allocation Strategy (Indian Market)

Cash - 40%
Bonds - 20%
Fixed deposit - 20%
Gold - 5%
Stocks - 10% ( Majority of this in dividend funds)
Other Asset Classes - 5%

My belief is that stocks are relatively overvalued compared to bonds and attractive buying opportunities can come along after 1-2 years. In a deflationary scenario no asset class does well other than U.S bonds, the U.S dollar and the Japanese yen, so better to be safe than sorry with high quality government bonds and fixed deposits. Cash is the king always. Of course this varies with the person's age.