Market optimism is overstretched
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BETWEEN THE assembly elections that just got over and the Lok Sabha
elections that are on the horizon, it’s clear that politics is going to
dominate most discussions of the economy’s prospects and those about the
investment markets.
As I’m writing this on the Sunday, the day elections results started to come in, it looks pretty likely that Monday will dawn as a day of euphoria, with the markets convinced that May 2014 will bring about the results they expect. Of course, the markets being the manic-depressive creatures that they are, there will be probably be regular mood swings going forward.
As I’m writing this on the Sunday, the day elections results started to come in, it looks pretty likely that Monday will dawn as a day of euphoria, with the markets convinced that May 2014 will bring about the results they expect. Of course, the markets being the manic-depressive creatures that they are, there will be probably be regular mood swings going forward.
However, the markets are also prone to have a simple view of the
future, and one which is easy to model in terms of what it means for
investments. Obviously, this tends to often be at divergence with the
real future when it arrives.
Markets run on expectations, and it’s easy to build an expectation that the anticipated outcome will solve all problems. But the hole that we have dug for ourselves is much deeper than that.
On top of that, given the disaster that the UPA has had in these
assembly elections, the next few months are ever likelier to turn into
an orgy of self-destructive economic mismanagement, when anything can be
sacrificed for a few seats more. It’s pleasant to be optimistic, but
things very much hang in the balance.
Markets run on expectations, and it’s easy to build an expectation that the anticipated outcome will solve all problems. But the hole that we have dug for ourselves is much deeper than that.
On top of that, given the disaster that the UPA has had in these
assembly elections, the next few months are ever likelier to turn into
an orgy of self-destructive economic mismanagement, when anything can be
sacrificed for a few seats more. It’s pleasant to be optimistic, but
things very much hang in the balance.
NAME RAHUL SINGH 2
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