Investment Valuation in India

The world's largest democracy in the world's biggest elections has given its mandate that it is the Congress which will be forming the next government in India. SINGH IS KING The Congress has led the UPA to win the 15th Lok Sabha elections yet again and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has become the second prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to win the elections second time in a row. The results of the elections have been a pleasant surprise for the Congress and the UPA as hardly anyone would have expected the results to be so decisive with the BJP considered to a strong contenders this time. I need not highlight my personal views which are to the contrary and results have been as expected for me. The stability and strength of Sonia, political decency and image of Manmohan Singh and the youth appeal of Rahul has managed the Congress to bag more seats than expected. The just in time pre-poll strategy of Rahul Gandhi to field all political parties possible and an attempt t...

History has already been made by Barack Obama becoming President of the United States. The man of mixed ethnicity is considered to be the utterly representative of the 21st century America. He is expected to reverse (for the better, of course) the image of America abroad and refresh the spirits back home. But we all saw that this was amongst the most sought after elections in the US. The passion of the elections in the US is understood, but why are we all here in India too were so curious about the elections in the US. One would say that we have become more globalised. Sure we have. But I guess there’s more to it. Our economy has developed deeper linkages with the US around increased trade, currency and investment. India Inc is one of the largest employers in the US as was pointed out in a recent FICCI report, on the back of recent acquisitions and investments by a large number of Indian companies like Wockhardt, TCS, etc. All this has significantly increased the risks and impacts of...