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Quote basant Replybullet Topic: Investing in Sri Lanka
    Posted: 19/Aug/2009 at 8:19pm
A nation coming out of three decades of struggle wil provide the biggest opportunities in companies focussed on the domestic sector not exporters. Its the same logic of investing in Infosys for India's growth!WHat are their equivalents of our L&T, BHEL, Nestle, HDFC Bank? Any idea?
 
Personally I do not like tea companies unless one is betting in and out. Over a period of 5-10 years they underperform the sensex and getting in and out for me is as much luck as skill.
 
Anyway we need a special topic for Sri Lanks. Is there any dedicated website for any of their stock exchanges or something like we have Moneycontrol or lnks to their top MF holdings (if at all there exists one).
 
If none of these exist then it is more  a case for being bullish.
 
Originally posted by smartcat

The simplest way of investing in Sri Lanka is in USD via a mutual fund. RBI allows investment of up to $25,000 per person per year (not very sure of the number).
 
I doubt if any MF will be able to bet well there the best thing to do will be to buy out their index or put US $ XXX each into their top 50 companies by market cap!!!
 
 
 


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Quote chimak10 Replybullet Posted: 19/Aug/2009 at 8:30pm
Now let's try my hand on Sri Lanka's stocks........with me all stocks are same

Site says sri lankas only online stock forum

http://www.stockit.biz/forum/index.php
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Quote chimak10 Replybullet Posted: 19/Aug/2009 at 8:32pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milanka_Price_Index#Banks.2C_Finance_.26_Insurance_sector

The Milanka Price Index is one of the principal stock indices of the Colombo Stock Exchange in Sri Lanka. It is composed of a select group of 25 stocks, a list which is reviewed each quarter, as opposed to the Colombo Stock Exchange's "All Share Price Index", which uses all of the ~250 stocks on the exchange to calculate an index value.
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Quote FutureBull Replybullet Posted: 20/Aug/2009 at 1:28pm
i think war-torn country will first try to build infrastructure and they can always find money to do it as many agencies and countries would be willing to support the program. Best is to find quality infra play like road builders, home builders, electricity generators etc. and after finding it we need to explore how could we invest being an Indian citizen
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Quote dee007pak Replybullet Posted: 20/Aug/2009 at 10:15pm
With the expected growth in business in Sri Lanka, Indian companies who are already present there eg Lanka IOC (running a number of petrol stations), Lankan Ashok Leyland (manufacturing bus bodies), Tatas (Hotels & tea plantations) etc should also do well.

Bharti Airtel may also be bidding for their largest mobile network operator Millicom.
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Quote Vrishali Replybullet Posted: 20/Aug/2009 at 10:55pm
Bajaj Auto is a big player in Sri Lanka. All the three wheelers you see on the road are Brand Bajaj in addition to their scooters and Motorcycles. Also Maruti is big brand there.

This is what I observed during my Lanka visit 2 years back.
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Quote basant Replybullet Posted: 20/Aug/2009 at 6:42am
Maybe all indian companies would be working that way. L&T could also be present there. Ambuja does transport cement to the island nation  though.
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