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Making one's investments politics-proof

The Tamil Nadu election results were an interesting demonstration of how vulnerable politically-connected stocks are

The state elections that concluded last week generated a perfect little example of why politics and investments shouldn't mix. The polling ended on May 16th and the exit polls came out. A majority predicted that the DMK would form the government in Tamil Nadu. Next morning, as soon as the equity markets opened, Sun TV, which is owned by the same family that owns the DMK,


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