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I am very glad we only do India and that we are doing India now.

I don’t know how a global investor gets out of bed in the morning. You would be looking forward to what, exactly? Perhaps a “comforting” comment by some central banker?

We get out of bed and have the strongest GDP (gross domestic product) growth in the world, an Econ 101 slowdown ending and—we assume—an economy starting to accelerate, and some of the best-managed companies in the world with very little debt.

To the extent that any investor knows and/ or understands these things, then they will allocate to India. And vice versa.

I assume that increasingly they will become comparatively aware of this new India and, therefore, absolutely convinced they should buy it. How can they come to the opposite conclusion?

If (Federal Reserve chief Janet) Yellen, (European Central Bank president) Draghi and (Bank of Japan governor Haruhiko) Kuroda were to promise liquidity forever, then maybe that is as exciting.

Otherwise, I look forward to tomorrow morning and assuming, God willing, that I can get out of bed, then I know that growth and profits will be on the breakfast table, rather than the rash promise of a failed liquidity continuity.

No contest.

-said Jon Thorn of India Capital Fund Management

(Disclosure:I am market making in the shares of Tata Technologies)

Tata Technologies, Tata Advanced Materials and TAL Manufacturing Solutions Ltd have announced a new collaboration at the Farnborough International Air Show.

The three Tata group companies have agreed to come together to offer an end to end Design, Manufacturing and Assembly capability to the aerospace manufacturing industry. 

It will include a strong focus on outsourced manufacturing for both metallic and composites and a strong capability in the design and engineering domains supported with a holistic capability in product lifecycle management integration.  

“The industry is looking for quality, cost and capability as it strives to meet the unprecedented demand for higher productivity across the supply chain,” said Warren Harris, Tata Technologies managing director and CEO.

He continued: “Tata’s strength lies in a decade of significant investment in cutting edge next generation manufacturing facilities in India and a strong leadership position at Tata Technologies in advanced design and manufacturing engineering capabilities.”-from Engineering Capacity

So you cannot predict what is going to happen. What you can predict is whether this company which is earning say Rs 100 crore, will earn Rs 1000 crore in next five-six years, 10 years.

Out of the 10 companies you predict, may be 5, 6, 7 will be right, 2-3 will be wide off the downside and few of them will be wide on the upside and the combination will give you a good.

If you have a right process then I am quite sure you will make money. If you end up buying a little higher, your rate will be shorter term, rate of return will be little lower but eventually in five-six years it does not matter

See if the stock has to go from Rs 100 to say Rs 1000, whether you bought it at Rs 103 or Rs 98 does not matter. The issue is whether you bought it or not.

-said Raamdeo Agrawal

(Disclosure:I am market making in the shares of Fino Paytech)

Fino has been in the business of rural payments for 10 years. Fino has done it all — starting with electronic benefit transfer in Andhra Pradesh in 2007-08 to issuing smart cards to beneficiaries under the Swasthya Bima Yojana, doing remittances for Union Bank for migrants in Mumbai from Uttar Pradesh. This company has grown through a feet-on-street model right from its inception.

It has 400 points for remittances and bill payments named Fino Mart across the nation, which,Rishi Gupta,CEO says will be converted into bank branches. It also has 8,000 agents under Jan Dhan doing enrolments and already handles Rs 7,000-8,000 crore in cash annually.

Gupta, a former executive of IFC, an international project financing company, moved to Mumbai in 2006 to work as a chief financial officer when Fino was still finding its feet.

“At that time, we had got reputed investors on board. This time also, we are confident of raising around Rs 500 crore and start the payments bank operations by the end of this year,” he says.

Profitable since 2010, Fino PayTech crossed revenue of Rs 300 crore in FY16. It does around 80 to 85 million transactions and handles around Rs 8,000 crore in cash through its platform every year. It has enrolled over 50 million people with banks of which 28 million are active.-from ET