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debt investment options
Bonds & Deposits
Vidya Bala

PPF as part of debt portfolio & other FAQs

We have received questions on how to use & choose debt investment options. These questions assume importance in the present changing rate scenario and we thought we should address those questions.

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DSP Global Innovation Fund of Fund
Categories
Vidya Bala

NFO Review: DSP Global Innovation Fund of Fund

It is at this juncture, that DSP AMC has chosen to launch an NFO – the DSP Global Innovation Fund of Fund. And we think this NFO is trying to partly answer the above questions you have.

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ETF NFOs
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Vidya Bala

How to evaluate an ETF NFO

It’s raining ETF NFOs, and how! In the five years between 2015-19 you had about 50 new ETFs (excluding gold). In less than half that 5-year period – i.e., between 2020 and now – you have close to 50 ETFs launched!

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Prime MF Screener
General
Vidya Bala

How to use Prime MF Screener

Introducing Prime MF Screener (beta now) – a research screener that empowers you like no other MF retail research tool in India. Prime MF Screener is a research tool that will help you screen mutual funds using key performance parameters as well as portfolio parameters. The end objective can be to either choose funds for investing, to make decisions on exiting or simply review performance and quality of your funds vis-à-vis peers/benchmark. 

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How to invest in debt funds
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Vidya Bala

Prime Strategy: How to invest in debt funds now?

Prime Strategy: How to invest in debt funds now?
If you had invested in an ultra-short debt fund like Axis Treasury Advantage 3 years ago, your returns would be 7.3% CAGR now. Not bad at all by today’s standards, right? If you invested in the same fund 2 years ago in November 2019, your returns would be 6% – still not terrible. But what if you had invested in this fund just a year ago?

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PB Fintech, Policybazaar, paisabazaar
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Vidya Bala

IPO review: PB Fintech (Policybazaar) – Should you invest?

At a time when the revenue models for many fintech startups are ambiguous, PB Fintech –  the company that houses Policybazaar and Paisabazaar – stands out. It has a clear revenue model driven by scalability that will likely pave the path to profits!

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passive debt funds
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Vidya Bala

Passive debt funds and how to choose them

What are your options today in the passive debt funds space? Are there options across time frames and will it meet all your needs like active debt funds do? This article will take you through this space and gives you pointers on how to make your choices in this segment.

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Value of independence - a response to our critics
Short Takes
Vidya Bala

Value of independence – a response to our critics

A recent ET Wealth study done jointly with us, had many of our distributor and advisor friends lash out at us on social media. The same happened some months ago when we took a firm call on Franklin funds. We thought we should not react but since this appears to be repeating, we decided to ‘respond’. 

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A unique capital goods play
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Vidya Bala

Prime Stock Recommendation: A unique capital goods play

If you screen for this stock under the capital goods sector in any screener, chances are that you will miss it. Because it is not your regular capital goods company. Some databases classify it under ‘consumer durables’, while others called it a ‘computer and electronic manufacturer’. This company is none of these entirely but still some of these. But this outlier stock is a worthy one in the capital goods space. Here’s why.

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