Shabda Gyawali's Blog

I read an interresting article this morning in wall street journal about the frontier markets and how investment firms are looking for new markets to explore .I think it would be wonderful if there is a ETF or a mutual fund following the Nepal stock exachange ..... Nepal is a huge oppurunity for investors ..cehck the article out any mutual-fund investors have gone overseas to diversify their portfolios and boost performance. But so far this year, markets in Europe and Asia have only brought investors more of the same losses they're getting at home. Emerging markets have been particularly disappointing. Favorites such as Brazil, Russia, India and China have tumbled hard, in part due to recent falls in commodity and oil prices, making it painfully clear that even these countries don't offer as much diversification as investors had hoped. [Image] Yet one group of countries is redrawing the map. Some budding economies of the former Soviet Union, Africa, the Middle...

ATHMANDU, Oct 3 - Buoyed by increased consumption -- thanks to higher remittance inflows -- Nepal’s foreign trade expanded by Rs. 32 billion to add up to Rs. 286.9 billion in Fiscal Year 2007/08. The growth is about 13 percent, compared to Fiscal Year 2006/07, according to a central bank report. Nepal’s trade with India grew by 16 percent and touched Rs. 183.15 billion, whereas trade with third countries grew at a slower pace of 7.5 percent to reach Rs. 103.75 billion. The flourishing commerce, however, neither brought cheer to exporters nor contributed to creating an industrial base or fresh employment opportunities in the country. Internal instability and labour stir largely affected the manufacturing sector. In addition, lower productivity and increased cost of doing business eroded the competitiveness of Nepali exports in the international market. Imports, meanwhile, grew at a sharp pace amid growing consumption. As a result, the country’s trade deficit widened by more than 22 perc...