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Looking for assistance getting started. For the selected emerging market--India.

Discuss the economy, financial markets and the means they currently use to attract direct foreign investment.

Conduct an analysis of what they are doing right/wrong in their financial markets and whether you recommend investment there should conclude the presentation.

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An examination of the economic outlook for India in 2014. The factors and reasons the World Bank and International Monetary Fund has made projections on India's economic outlook. Finally, making a recommendation to invest in India's stock market and the best method to make the investment.

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The World Bank projected that the economic growth in India will be 5.7% for fiscal year 2014. The outlook is based on a better competitive exchange rate a lot of large investments in India. Also, India will be able to clear more important investment projects. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasted that the economy in India to grow to 5.4% in 2014. The IMF projection lead to the rally on the Indian bourses, which lead to an all-time high closing at 22,702.34. The Indian rupee has increased from an all-time low of 68.85 in August 2013. The Indian rupee has raised to the 60-levles versus the US dollar. The IMF felt that the main reason for the good economic news based on export competitiveness.

According to the World Bank, the problem in India is the banking industries increased company debt exposure. This could have an impact on the government's finances because of the government's ownership of state banks, which will lead to the government providing financial assistance to the distressed banks. Finally, the World Bank forecasted that the South Asian region will increase from 5.2% in 2014 to 5.8% in 2015 (The information was obtained at http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-04-09/news/48999694_1_south-asia-economic-focus-economic-growth-rate-world-bank "World Bank projects 5.7% growth for India in FY 2014").

The Indian stock market typically has an erratic path in the days and months following the general election that will end on May 16, 2014. In ...

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