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Why India Is Being Seen as an AI Hedge

Why India Is Being Seen as an AI Hedge
India market is going to act like an AI-hedge: DSP’s Jay Kothari · livemint.com

A DSP report says India may protect investors if artificial-intelligence investments become less popular.

This is because India’s markets have performed much worse than other markets recently.

Jay Kothari said India underperformed emerging markets by almost 40% over the last year.

Over two years, he said the gap reached almost 70%.

Kothari said this level of underperformance had never been seen before.

Because India has moved differently from many other markets, it could act like a hedge.

A hedge is something that may help balance losses elsewhere.

The report calls this an anti-AI or AI-hedge trade.

Key facts

Report
A latest DSP report described India as an anti-AI trade.
Spokesperson
Jay Kothari of DSP.
One-year performance gap
Almost 40% underperformance compared with emerging markets.
Two-year performance gap
Almost 70% cumulative underperformance.
Comparison
India underperformed emerging markets and world markets.
Investment interpretation
India may act as an AI hedge because of its recent relative underperformance.

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