Is buying India via GEM funds a waste?

Economy forecast to reach $6bn

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Many UK investors do not buy single country emerging markets, preferring global emerging market managers. Yet with uncertainty over China, Brazil and Russia, perhaps now is the time to reconsider India as a standalone investment.

India is the world's fastest growing economy: it took the country 60 years to become a $1trn economy, and it doubled to $2trn in just six years. Over the next six years India is forecast to double again, to $4trn, a milestone reached by only the US, China and Japan. India's corporate sector is approaching its earnings 'sweetspot' By 2050, India is predicted to grow a staggering $60trn, becoming larger than Japan, Germany, the UK and the next two nations combined. With the stockmarket likely to grow at similar pace, this presents a multi-trillion dollar wealth creation and investment o...

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