IFN News and Press, India Fund Inc. From 06/22/20

(This report was issued to members of Yield Hunting on Sunday, June 14, 2020. We issue similar commentary every Sunday night) Macro Picture Volatility returned this week in a big way with the Dow recording one of its largest point declines ever. The renewed fears of a second wave of coro...

PHILADELPHIA , May 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --  Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc. U.S. Closed-End Funds (each, a "Fund" and, together, the "Funds") are announcing that they have all now transitioned to a common Dividend Reinvestment Plan and Optional Cash Purchase Plan ("New DRIP Plan"...

In chapter 3 of Peter Lynch's 1994 book Beating The Street , where he describes different types of funds, he writes "Many closed-end funds are more popularly known as country funds." Before many of the first single-country tracking exchange-traded funds (ETFs) launched in 1996, the easies...

India is the often held up counterweight to China, the next bastion of strong economic growth in a democratic system, the other country with over a billion citizens. There has also been many forecasts for when India will take its alleged rightful place at the top table. While I make no claim a...

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Against the backdrop of slowest economic growth since 2008, the Indian government unveiled a sizable stimulus package in its $40 billion budget, which raises spending on farms and infrastructure as well as slashes personal taxes. Skepticism abounds on whether the measures are sufficient given ...

PHILADELPHIA , Jan. 27, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Please see below for links to each of the Aberdeen Standard Investments U.S. closed-end monthly factsheets including performance and portfolio composition as of December 31 , 2019.   Equity Funds Aberdeen Australia Equi...

It has become harder to find attractively priced growth investments in the United States. The real GDP growth in the US has been running a little over 2% a year, much lower than India's growth rate. India has been averaging 7% real GDP growth over the last ten years. More recently there has ...

A good run The portfolio was up 6.06% in Q4 and 26.79% for 2019. The four-year gain has been 62.40%. We've had several good runs since I began investing in 1982. At some point, we'll have a bear market. Don't get complacent. During 2019, we began taking monthly distributions from my IRA. I...

A shadow banking crisis has darkened the outlook for India’s economy. Recent high profile bank failures indicate problems are far from over. In some ways, this crisis is self inflicted. The legacy of inefficient public lenders continues to misalign incentives throughout the economy. M...