Unsmart policymakers

i am forced to think why we have stupid decision makers at the helmwith no experience of trading or investment...think of this...we cant invest abroad....when our markets do well, the americans and europeans gain...when the german markets do well they gain again as they can invest anywhere in the world...so they take money out of india at the drop of a hat and put it anywhere they like, be it brazil, china or russia. and we sit and lick our wounds and think when will the finmin put another complicated cess or tax or take away an exemption.

Hello there,

An exellent point made but i would like to add that the HNI's are allowed to invest $10000 PA abroad but even that limit is never reached as of now because returns in India are pretty high as the growth has started gaining momentum, here i would like to add just one case - Just imagine a sportperson without the proper guidence, training, good kit and other basic amenities and then add them one by one don't you think there will be improvement in performance, you just need to nurture the talents of the people in a country sadly that is not happening with the current politics. Excuse me if i sound too cynical.

Cheers
Gaurav

I agree with your point completely...we need good people including fund managers (in our own field) who understands translation risks as well as country risks (read CFA etc and not every tom dick and harry). i think the amount is $25000, but can you repatriate it if it grows to $100000

I dont think big daddy would want us to waste his foreign exchange - i think there should should be some foreign market specific funds, but I really dont trust the funds their motives & ties up so all in all there is lot of oppurtunity here itself rather than outside for the time being so do the HNI think so...

though the least our daddy can do is allow us to invest in ipos only, especially the new ones in china & russia...