India, Feb. 23 -- Only 17 listed companies in India have shown continuous growth every year over the past ten years, asset manager Devina Mehra said in an interview with Akash Banerjee on The Deshbhakt YouTube channel.

Mehra co-founded and First Global, a global quant asset management company, with her husband who is investor Shankar Sharma. She is the brokerage's chairperson currently.

Mehra's analysis supports the major point of focus she emphasises on: Diversification of investments, which she had also written extensively about in her book named 'Money, Myths and Mantras: The ultimate investment guide.'

In the book, Mehra strongly advocated for global diversification to counter single-market, single-currency risks, suggesting invest...