< The 2014 All-India Research TeamNeelkanth MishraCredit SuisseFirst-place appearances: 0

Total appearances: 3

Analyst debut: 2012Repeating in second place is Neelkanth Mishra of Credit Suisse. Clients applaud the strategist for pointing out opportunities created by the declining rupee when “others saw only a currency crisis — and he was right,” in the words of one advocate. “Neelkanth bases his arguments on comprehensive, data-driven models, and that carries a lot of weight.” Indeed, Mishra, who also follows Indian metals and mining stocks, prides himself on challenging “long-held notions about the Indian economy, how it should be modeled and how it responds to changes in policy or the external environment,” he says. Venturing beyond the nation’s big cities, he discovered what he calls an “informal economy” in agricultural areas that have been enjoying a degree of increasing economic activity that has been underreported. As a result, the strategist foresees a “basket of abundant growth,” he says, and points investors toward certain lenders and consumer-oriented companies.