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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.

Thursday, 30 August 2018

Mid Week Market Insight

Markets are at record highs. Valuations appear to be stretched. Here is the latest on valuations from some of the best asset managers, market commentators, financial analysts and CMT's of today:

Valuations

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Economic Calendar

GMT-4		Event	Actual	Consensus
Wednesday, May 28
07:00	US	MBA Mortgage Applications	-1.2%
08:55	US	Redbook Index (YoY)	6.1%
10:00	US	Richmond Fed Manufacturing Index	-9	-9
11:00	UK	BoE's Pill speech
13:00	US	5-Year Note Auction	4.071%
14:00	US	FOMC Minutes
14:00	NZ	RBNZ's Governor Hawkesby speech
16:30	US	API Weekly Crude Oil Stock
24h	CH	Ascension Day
21:00	NZ	ANZ Activity Outlook

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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.