Move over China - Indian investments have the real potential

Overseas money is flooding into India. But this is just the first wave. The real India boom has barely begun. So what is the best way to invest in a country set to become the next global economic powerhouse?

Overseas money is flooding into India. But this is just the first wave. The real Indian investment boom has barely begun.

Canny investors have always been aware of India's potential, especially after its liberalisation in the 1990s, but now that the Bombay stockmarket is surging to new highs on a weekly basis and overseas money is flooding in, it seems that the investment world has finally woken up to the charms of the subcontinent. Its GDP growth at 8% is second only to China, twice as fast as that of the US, and four times ahead of the eurozone.

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