HDFC Bank Ltd (HDB)

This is an Indian bank. It is one of the most expensive banks you will find. He doesn’t own the bank, but he does own HDFC Finance. All of the HDFC family of companies are extremely well run and priced at a premium. When you buy them, you have to take a long term approach because of their premium price. You are buying the growth in their earnings.

An Indian stock for a long-term hold? You can do this through the banking side through an HDFC Bank (HDB-N) or through ICICI Bank (IBN-N). Those 2 are the best ones. Their share prices have had a huge run this year, much like the emerging markets. It has also helped that the Indian government has enacted a GST.

A very large bank in India, and they steered clear of all of the nonperforming loan issues. However, because of that, it has very much outperformed ICICI and some of the state banks in India. It is now trading at around 20X earnings. Management is very disciplined and very focused on ROE and risk management.

Prefers this over ICICI Bank, primarily because of the type of loan book that they have. They have a little less exposure to the big corporate loan sector, which is going through a little bit of a workout in India right now. This bank trades at a premium. She is focused on quality growth, and is willing to pay a little bit more for it.