Indian IT is ageing, investors should cut expectations from them: Damodaran

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Indian IT is ageing, investors should cut expectations from them: Damodaran Tech cos have 20% weight in the US economy. Internet frims are promising, but they need to show revenue now, says financial guru Aswath Damodaran. Guess what! The markets get it right more often than you think In 2015 alone, world equity markets averaged almost 99 million trades, accounting for almost $450 billion a day, according to Dimensional Fund Advisors. Nilesh Shah's Budget: Levy wealth tax, estate duty on HNIs; acquire undeclared real estate "It is necessary to expand the tax base, as the tax burden is unequally distributed between the salaried class and others," says MD of Kotak Mutual Fund. Most economists feel FM will go easy on fiscal deficit: Will it mean pain for Dalal Street? The impact of the demonetisation drive on the economy and the looming GST tax are likely to keep the government guessing the revenue base for FY18.

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