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FY18 Earnings can dip to single digit if GST pain prolongs: Andrew Holland

Andrew adds he has been expecting a risk-off phase for some time now

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If earnings rise 10 per cent this financial year and 20 per cent in the next, the markets can rise 10-15 per cent over the next one year or so: Andrew Holland

Puneet Wadhwa New Delhi
With the markets at all-time high levels, Andrew Holland, chief executive officer, Avendus Capital Alternate Strategies, tells Puneet Wadhwa he has been expecting a risk-off phase for some time now. The information technology (IT), pharmaceuticals and telecom sectors, he says, will remain under pressure, as there are fundamental reasons for a fall in valuations. Edited excerpts:

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