India stocks and ETFs experienced sharp declines as geopolitical tensions with Pakistan intensified.
The VanEck Digital India ETF (DGIN) aims to capitalize on India's rapid digitization, focusing on stocks in technology, e-commerce, telecommunications, and internet applications. Despite significant progress over the past decade, close to 45% of the Indian population still doesn't have access to the internet, highlighting the opportunity on the cards. DGIN suffers from quite a few structural drawbacks while it tends to take on more risk to facilitate sub-par returns.
The overall market narrative has focused on the U.S. and potential tariffs on China and some neighbors, but that may be missing important opportunities elsewhere. There are some strong reasons to invest abroad right now for U.S. investors.
Recently, I mentioned India as one of the top themes this year. However, I wanted to go further in-depth into this thematic opportunity.
By Angus Shillington, Deputy Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets Equity; John Patrick Lee, CFA, Product Manager The compelling investment opportunity in India's consumer internet sector is driven by a combination of supportive infrastructure, favorable regulatory conditions, and a burgeoning startup ecosystem. In the consumer internet sector, major markets such as the U.S.
Advisors and experienced investors know that when it comes to economic digitization and e-commerce markets, the U.S. and China have enviable positions. That much is reflected in the world of exchange traded funds.
By Angus Shillington, Deputy Portfolio Manager, Emerging Markets Equity Angus Shillington recently sat down with Barron's to discuss why infrastructure is key to Prime Minister Modi's ambitions to make India a global manufacturing center. India is making significant strides in expanding its infrastructure with a focus on building more roads and railroads.
Registered investment advisors are likely hearing plenty about the performance of India stocks and related ETFs. That stands to reason because over the past three years, the MSCI India Index nearly kept pace with the S&P 500 while crushing the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.