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Quick Update For NRIs, PIOs
Read by NRIs in over 37 Countries
Issue No. 216 Evening Edition IST
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Headline News in this issue:
TCS crosses $10billion in revenues
S&P’s Negative Outlook on India
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Confident TCS Puts to Rest Fears Over Industry’s Growth
India’s largest technology outsourcing services firm Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) laid to rest nagging concerns around industry growth by meeting earnings expectations in the March quarter, backed further by a confident commentary from the management on growth outlook.
In stark contrast to cautious and diffident commentary from peer Infosys, TCS management said it is confident of growing faster than the industry. “It is a normal year,” said chief executive N Chandrasekaran. “The order book is very healthy and has been continuously improving. We see very good momentum.” Net profit in the fourth quarter grew 1.6% from preceding three months to Rs. 2,932 crore on the back of revenues of Rs. 13,259 crore.
TCS, which crossed $10billion in revenues in fiscal 2012, does not give growth forecast.
The IT firm intends to hire around 50,000 employees during FY13 against 70,000 gross hire in fiscal 2012.
(For more details, visit: Economic Times ePaper, Mumbai Edition (24APR12) )
S&P Negative on India, but Moody’s Fine
S&P lowers outlook on worsening fiscal nos, but rival livens up hopes
A hassled government has just come under more pressure. Along with bad press, angry corporates and disillusioned foreign investors, it has to now deal with a ‘negative outlook’ tossed by the world’s largest credit rating agency, Standard & Poor's (S&P).
The saving grace is that an hour before the S&P announcement, rival rating agency Moody’s said the Indian economy is “growing solidly, but below potential”.
The divergence of views between the two agencies is a reminder of the US downgrade last August when Moody’s had countered Standard & Poor’s to say America was still a triple-A economy. On Tuesday morning, S&P, while retaining India’s ‘investment grade’ rating, revised its outlook from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’ due to worsening fiscal numbers. It’s a veiled threat that the sovereign rating may be downgraded from BBB-, which is the lowest-rung investment grade, to speculative grade if New Delhi fails to pull up its socks. But, the finely-timed Moody’s statement helped allay fears that a downgrade was imminent.
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Investment & Wealth Creation Advice (Some Golden Rules)
Please note that our advice is primarily for investors and not for speculators. Investors typically invest with a 12-60 month investment perspective. You will therefore find that our advice does not change substantially from issue to issue. However, it is worth reading it again and again to get your investments on the right tracks as what we have stated below is based on some golden rules of investing.
Indian nationals & PIOs can expect about 15-25% returns year-on-year
Indian capital markets have been thrown open to individual foreign investors in the budget announced recently. Now, PIOs can also invest in Indian Mutual Funds (MFs).
Indian Investors can expect 15-25% returns year-on-year if they invest in MFs which are rated 5-star by rating agencies. It would mean, NRIs, PIOs as well as Resident Indians will be able to double their investments in MFs every 3-4 years, taking almost no risk. So, India offers a great investment opportunity.
NRI.NewsIndia recommends investment in Indian Mutual Funds taking the SIP (Systematic Investment Plan) route. An individual investor may like to schedule weekly or monthly investments in select mutual funds from now onwards.
Kaun Banega Karodpati?
Only Rs. 2,000 per month invested in a 5-star rated mutual fund in India for 30 years, will make you a Karodpati. Most of you can easily do this much investment in your name and/or in the name of each family member.
NRI.NewsIndia Recommends investment in the following Mutual Funds:
1. HDFC Equity Fund - Growth Option
2. Franklin India Blue Chip Fund - Growth Option
3. DSP Blackrock Top 100 Equity - Growth Option
4. HDFC Top 200 - Growth Option
5. ICICI Prudential Dynamic Plan - Growth Option
6. HDFC Prudence Fund - Growth Option
Do not purchase shares of a good company at a wrong (high) price. Also, do not purchase shares of a bad company even at a very low price.
Do not put all your eggs in one basket. Diversify your portfolio to de-risk. Do not put more than 33% of your investible funds in stocks and/or mutual funds. Put 33% in Fixed-Interest instruments and the remaining 33% in real estate when real estate prices are low.
Do not invest more than 15% of your investment in any one mutual fund, stock or sector.
NRIs & PIOs should not keep all their money in just one country. Keep 20-33% in nationalized banks in India or in private banks like HDFC, ICICI, HSBC etc.
As actors & sportsmen can never be sure about their earnings after 5-10 years, they should invest 50% of their earnings every month in Fixed Deposits, Mutual Funds and Real Estate.
If you suddenly get a few lakhs or a few crores, do not invest the sum in a hurry. Park it in a Fixed Deposit for a couple of quarters. Consult one or two investment advisors and then invest the amount in a proper manner.
Never go by your gut feel or a freind's advice when it comes to investing your money. Always consult one or two investment advisors before you make your investments.
Do not invest in stocks, mutual funds or realty when their prices are quite high. From the high levels, these prices normally come down by about 20-40% and that is when many people lose their hard earned money in a big way. Make sure that you are not one of those big losers.
Also, never take any loan to invest in stocks or mutual funds.
For a FREE First Consultation before investing in Mutual Funds in India, write to psm@amsoftconsulting.com.
Disclaimer: Please make all your investments after taking expert advice. NRI.NewsIndia will not be responsible for losses, if any, incurred by you. Through NRI.NewsIndia, we are only making you aware of the investment opportunities in India at a broad level.
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