Bhavana Acharya, Author at PrimeInvestor

Parag Parikh Flexi Cap – should you continue to invest?

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Parag Parikh Flexi Cap – should you continue to invest?

Up until six months ago, Parag Parikh Flexi cap was an investor favourite. Its chart-topping performance and overseas investments served as the key attractions. These very same factors now appear to be doing the opposite, causing investors to worry over continuing investments. So, should you be concerned over Parag Parikh Flexi Cap’s performance? Is the restriction in investing abroad a game-changer for the fund?

Bhavana Acharya August 16, 2022 39 Comments

Prime Review: 3 passive indices built on ‘Quality’

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Prime Review: 3 passive indices built on ‘Quality’

In this analysis, we look at indices on the ‘Quality’ factor. There are two NFOs running now – DSP Midcap 150 Quality 50 Index fund (there’s already the ETF version of this) and Aditya Birla SL Nifty 200 Quality 30. These two indices join the Nifty 100 Quality 30 index, on which there is an already existing ETF (from Edelweiss).

Bhavana Acharya July 28, 2022 10 Comments

Which ETFs can be part of your portfolio?, ETFs

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Which ETFs can be part of your portfolio?

The world of passive investment options is a growing one, and the ETFs available now number over 100.

Because passive investing has gained such a name for itself, you may think that anything passive is a great investment. No. There are ETFs which make good investments and those that do not, just like with active funds.

Bhavana Acharya June 19, 2022 2 Comments

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Fund recommendation: Catching a theme on the recovery

This week, we’re issuing an invest recommendation on another theme that’s starting to break out of a long slump. This theme makes for a good portfolio differentiator as most other diversified equity funds, as yet, have not moved overweight by much on it.

Bhavana Acharya June 7, 2022 15 Comments

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Debt fund opportunities – the category that’s at a low

The headlines now are devoted to sliding equity markets and stock opportunities to ‘buy the dip’. But that’s not the only window of opportunity to make the most of a correction. With the hike in repo rates earlier this month and a clear path now for higher rates, debt markets too offer scope for timely investments.

Bhavana Acharya May 29, 2022 21 Comments

Mutual funds & ETFs

How to use hybrid funds in Prime Funds in your portfolio

Hybrid funds don’t really suffer from the overlapping drawbacks we pointed out in our explanation on Prime Funds’ equity and debt recommendations. However, we still use our basic logic when it comes to portfolio building – given an investment purpose, which fund will fit that need?

Bhavana Acharya May 1, 2022 6 Comments

Mutual funds & ETFs

How to use debt funds in Prime Funds in your portfolio

This is the second to our two-part explanation on how we construct Prime Funds and how to use these fund recommendations to decide allocations. In the first part, we had covered equity funds in depth. In this Part 2, we will cover the debt fund recommendations in Prime Funds.

Bhavana Acharya April 28, 2022 2 Comments

Prime Funds: How to build a portfolio with the right allocations

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How to use equity funds in Prime Funds in your portfolio

In this two-part series, we’ll explain how to build a portfolio with the right allocations. We also discuss how we categorise funds in Prime Funds and how to use each category in your portfolio. In this first part, we will cover equity funds. In the next, we will take up hybrid and debt funds.

Bhavana Acharya April 26, 2022 7 Comments

update on Parag Parikh Flexi Cap and investing internationally

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An update on Parag Parikh Flexi Cap and investing internationally

In January, mutual funds investing overseas came up to a roadblock. As we had explained at the time on these curbs on international funds, Reserve Bank rules limit the amount mutual funds as a whole can invest in foreign securities. The cap stands at $7 billion for all foreign securities other than ETFs and $1 billion for ETFs. That $7 billion mark was close to being breached. And so, SEBI directed international funds to close off fresh subscriptions until a new limit could be worked out with the RBI. Please read our earlier article on this subject to understand the background.

Bhavana Acharya March 15, 2022 15 Comments

Mutual funds & ETFs

Passive FoFs: can they be part of your portfolio?

In the plethora of mutual fund categories there are, one that appears to be slowly gathering pace are the fund-of-funds (FoFs). On the face of

Bhavana Acharya March 1, 2022 2 Comments

Conservative hybrid vs equity savings & balanced advantage

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Conservative hybrid vs equity savings & balanced advantage – which is the best?

Conservative hybrid vs equity savings & balanced advantage :
Hybrid funds are interesting options – they neither work entirely like equity, nor entirely like debt. And when you add derivatives into the mix, the lines get even more blurred. Conservative hybrid funds have long been used by investors who are looking for debt-plus returns by adding a dash of equity without taking on too much equity risk. But the advent of equity savings and balanced advantage funds has chipped away at the higher-return-for-low-risk bastion that conservative hybrid funds had.

Bhavana Acharya February 17, 2022 6 Comments

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Curbs on international funds – what you need to know

At play here are the RBI’s limits on overseas investments and SEBI’s rules. Here, we’ll list out the concerns you would be having over these limits, what they mean, and what you should do.

Bhavana Acharya January 30, 2022 26 Comments

PrimeInvestor - Articles and Reports

Parag Parikh Flexi Cap – should you continue to invest?

Prime Review: 3 passive indices built on ‘Quality’

Which ETFs can be part of your portfolio?

Fund recommendation: Catching a theme on the recovery

Debt fund opportunities – the category that’s at a low

How to use hybrid funds in Prime Funds in your portfolio

How to use debt funds in Prime Funds in your portfolio

How to use equity funds in Prime Funds in your portfolio

An update on Parag Parikh Flexi Cap and investing internationally

Passive FoFs: can they be part of your portfolio?

Conservative hybrid vs equity savings & balanced advantage – which is the best?

Curbs on international funds – what you need to know

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