Nifty at record high but CLSA is still underweight on India. 5 reasons why

Despite Nifty crossing the 19,000 mark for the first time with $10 billion in foreign institutional investor inflows, global brokerage firm CLSA remains cautious on Indian equities. According to CLSA, the reasons for their cautious stance include rich valuations, margin erosion, overly optimistic earnings growth expectations, the Reserve Bank of India lagging behind other emerging market central banks in policy easing, and overbought conditions in the market. CLSA believes that other emerging markets such as Brazil, Mexico, and Indonesia are better positioned for policy easing.