A 2% crash is par for the course in a globally-linked market: Ajay Bagga
Ajay Bagga, Market Expert, says the markets have decided that Trump will implement tariffs, and they are advising to sell now and ask questions later. This is what we are currently observing. There’s nothing particularly concerning about India, aside from our sluggish economy, decreasing earnings, and some policy spending that didn’t happen last year, but we hope will improve next year. The overall economic situation in India hasn’t changed to justify today’s 2% drop, but this is typical when you are connected to the global market.
What is it that you are making of this free fall in the market? It is almost smacking of capital protection and I am sure viewers are wondering whether or not to book out their gains.
Ajay Bagga: I would say that if you believe in the India story on a two-year, four-year, six-year basis, then we are still looking very good. Right now, there is a huge change in global politics, global messaging and Trump, by design, practices indisciplined messaging. The morning started well. The dollar was down one percent. The dollar index was down one percent at the start of the US day and then in the Oval Room, while signing some agreements, a journalist asked him about tariffs and then he held forth that maybe we will put 25% on Canada and Mexico, maybe we will do it on 1st February and that is where the markets took a swing back.
So, these markets over the last four years had become used to leaders talking within guardrails. Now, we have a leader whose method is madness. So, you are going to see a
