Turkish Stocks: Banks v Industrials
One of the key market themes that marked this year has been the bank stocks trading with low multiples and the advancement in the industrials. Time and time again we uttered that the golden age of Turkish banking is over (see here and here) which was finally embraced by a top banker in Turkey. Given the banks capturing a dominant share of the Turkish stock market the BIST 100 index has expectedly performed poorly.
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Turkish Stocks: Volatility and Returns
It recently has been with full of ups and downs in almost all financial markets. Dips and spikes certainly should have thrown many investors for a loop. As expected it has been the same in Turkish markets. After hitting the top over 80,000 at the end of August, the benchmark stock index fell by roughly 6%. During this period the index has experienced mini-rallies and some downfalls which has not able to last more than two trading days....