Should You Invest In India?

India remains an attractive market to invest in. It’s the second most populous country in the world, with more than 1.2 billion people. Of the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China), it has the lowest per capita income of $3,200. Some estimate that 37% of the population lives in poverty.

Why should you consider investing in India?

First, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is forecasting a whopping 49% increase in purchasing power for consumers in India over the next five years. While that’s less than the 66% forecast for Mainland China, it’s almost three times faster than the growth expected in developed countries, such as the United States.

This kind of purchasing power growth will bring more of the population out of poverty and increase the demand for everything from cars to cell phones to computers. It will create a wave of emerging market consumer demand.

And, with the potential for 1 billion people in India connecting to the internet, India’s technology infrastructure will need to grow. Today, 10% of India’s population is connected to the internet.  When compared to estimates of 40% for the rest of the world (excluding Asia), India has significant room for growth. 

So, the developing-market picture for consumer products and technology infrastructure in India warrants a closer look for interested investors. We’ll keep you informed as we identify other investment opportunities. 

Rudy Martin, editor of Emerging Market Winners, is widely recognized as an authority on stock and ETF investing. With more than 25 years of investing experience, Rudy started his investment career by co-managing a $2 billion private equity portfolio for Transamerica. He also served as an analyst for DeanWitter and Fidelity Investments, and research director of a quantitative research firm that is now part of TheStreet.com. Recently he has been providing his investment ideas directly to a select list of global hedge funds as Managing Director of Latin Capital Management, an institutional money management firm with more than $180 million in assets under management. For more information on Emerging Market Winners, click here.

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India: world’s largest military importer.

The U.S. spends a FORTUNE every year for defense but according to the Stockholm International Peace Research, India is the world’s largest importer of  of weapons.  China is #2.

On an absolute basis, the U.S. spends more than anybody but we manufacturer most of what we need. Other countries have to import weapons, generally from Russia and/or the U.S.

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India Confirms a Massive Chamber on the Moon

The Indian Space Research Organization has discovered a "giant underground chamber" near the Moon's equator, in the Oceanus Procellarum area discovered by the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft—more than one mile long (1.7 kilometers) and 393 feet wide (120 meters)-big enough to contain a small lunar city.

The Indian researchers have published a paper detailing their findings and talking about the possibility of making this giant underground vault as a future human base. The settlement would be protected from radiation, micro-meteor impacts, dust and extreme temperature changes by the lava structure that provides a natural environmental control with a nearly constant temperature of minus 20 degrees Celsius (-4 degrees Fahrenheit), unlike that of the lunar surface showing extreme variation, maximum of 130 degrees Celsius (266 degrees Fahrenheit) to a minimum of minus 180 degrees Celsius (-292 degrees Fahrenheit) in its diurnal (day-night) cycle.
In addition, lunar explorers would only need minimal construction, without the added cost of having to use expensive shields against the hazardous lunar environment.

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