Five reasons why India stocks are rallying and could keep going

Beautiful and colorful aerial view of Mumbai skyline during twilight seen from Currey Road, on February 16, 2022 in Mumbai, India. Pratik Chorge | Hindustan Times | Getty Images India’s stock markets have staged record-breaking rallies this year, making the country a favorite among its Asia-Pacific counterparts. The Nifty 50 index has repeatedly notched fresh all-time … Read more

India overtakes Hong Kong to become world’s seventh largest stock market

Pedestrians walk towards the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus train station at dusk in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images India’s stock market value has overtaken Hong Kong’s to become the seventh largest in the world as optimism about the country’s economic prospects grow. As of the end of November, … Read more

China banks, Hong Kong, local govt financing vehicles

A pedestrian walks pass a branch of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) in Fuzhou, Fujian province of China. VCG | Getty Images Moody’s Investors Service cut its outlook for eight Chinese banks to negative from stable on Wednesday, following an identical downgrade to China’s government credit ratings a day earlier. The ratings agency … Read more

Fed should cut rates at least 5 times next year, portfolio manager says

The Federal Reserve needs to cut interest rates at least five times next year to avoid tipping the U.S. economy into a recession, according to portfolio manager Paul Gambles. Gambles, co-founder and managing partner at MBMG Group, told CNBC’s “Squawk Box Asia” the Fed was behind the curve on cutting rates, and in order to avoid … Read more