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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.

Wednesday, 11 July 2018

Mid Week Market Insight

Trump fires yet another salvo in the trade war with China, which should guarantee a recession down the line given all the curve flattening of late. Turkish bonds, lira and stock market still in free fall. A massive collapse in base metals like copper adding to the recessionary case down the line.These and other stories from some of the best asset managers, market commentators, financial analysts and CMT's of today:

Midweek Market Insight

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Economic Calendar

GMT-4		Event	Actual	Consensus
Thursday, May 29
21:30	AU	Building Permits (YoY)	7.6%
21:30	AU	Retail Sales s.a. (MoM)	-0.1%	0.3%
21:30	AU	Private Sector Credit (MoM)	0.7%	0.5%
21:30	AU	Private Sector Credit (YoY)	6.7%
Friday, May 30
03:00	CH	KOF Leading Indicator	98.5	98.4
08:30	US	Core Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (MoM)		0.1%
08:30	US	Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (YoY)		2.2%
08:30	US	Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (MoM)		0.1%
08:30	US	Core Personal Consumption Expenditures - Price Index (YoY)		2.5%
08:30	US	Personal Income (MoM)		0.3%

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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.