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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.

Monday, 31 July 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 and Commodity markets and the Economy:
Daily Market Insight

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Economic Calendar

GMT-4		Event	Actual	Consensus
Tuesday, May 20
18:45	NZ	Trade Balance NZD (YoY)	$-4.81B		Revised from $-6.13B
18:45	NZ	Trade Balance NZD (MoM)	$1,426M	$500M	Revised from $970M
19:00	US	Fed's Bostic speech
19:00	US	Fed's Daly speech
19:00	US	Fed's Hammack speech
21:00	AU	Westpac Leading Index (MoM)
Wednesday, May 21
02:00	UK	Retail Price Index (YoY)		4.2%
02:00	UK	Retail Price Index (MoM)		1.5%
02:00	UK	Consumer Price Index (MoM)		1.1%
02:00	UK	Core Consumer Price Index (YoY)		3.6%

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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.