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Sala Kannan

From India and a graduate of the University of Cambridge, Sala Kannan boasts connections with economists and industry insiders worldwide. An expert on global economic trends, she's especially well versed in developing nations, such as India, Brazil, Argentina and China.

 
 
Invest in China or Brazil? - by Sala Kannan

...By 2003, China was the second largest economy in the world and the largest recipient of foreign direct investment...Throughout the early '90s, Brazil's GDP grew at 1.8% per year less than one-fifth of China's GDP growth. Makes you want to invest in China, right? Wrong...


Investing in Indonesia's favourite pastime - by Sala Kannan

...Like cigarettes in Indonesia, tortillas in Mexico or Tata cars in India, looking for what an entire population buys is a great starting point for scouting investment opportunities...


Investing in Indonesia's cigarette companies - by Sala Kannan

...Cigarette companies are the second largest employer in the country. And Indonesia's three biggest cigarette makers are also among the largest taxpayers...


Capitalism and cow worship - by Sala Kannan

"...How is it that a country with a very large vegetarian population and a high reverence for cows, has a fast food industry growing by 40% a year?..."


Indian consumerism: Kelloggs got it wrong - by Sala Kannan

"...Consumerism is big business in India...Obviously, every multinational company now wants to sell in India...Why, then, did Kellogg's suffer years of losses in India? The answerlies in the quirks of Indian consumption patterns. Something my uneducated cook understood, but the suits at Kellogg's didn't..."


Buying real estate in India: a bubble or a robust market? - by Sala Kannan

...Foreign direct investment is now allowed in buying real estate in India. And the sector is truly coming of age - financial institutions have filed for permission to introduce $1 billion worth of real estate mutual funds in India...


India's big, big pockets - by Sala Kannan

"..India's most overlooked asset class is changing - for the better. Our resident subcontinent expert takes us through the act of buying real estate in India...


How gold saved India - by Sala Kannan

...Gold is hugely important in India - both as an economic safety net that saved it from falling deeply in debt in 1991, and as a personal store of real wealth. This tradition of gold has ancient roots...



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