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How to time your entry into our stock recommendations
Stocks
N V Chandrachoodamani

How to time your entry into our stock recommendations

If you are a growth subscriber, you will have access to Prime Stocks – which is a list of stock recommendations. When stocks in the list move up in price and it is still in our buy list, many of you have problem identifying the buy price at which you should invest.

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Mutual funds vs PMS – Pros and Cons
General
R Balakrishnan

Mutual funds vs PMS – Pros and Cons

For investors who can write a single cheque of Rs 50 lakh or more, Portfolio Management Services (PMS) have emerged a popular vehicle for investment into equities. In effect, PMS is identical to investing directly in shares, the main difference being that you have given absolute power to the PMS agency to buy/sell shares on your behalf and your portfolio choices are left to them.

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GATI – aiming to be “ahead in reach” again
Stocks
N V Chandrachoodamani

GATI – aiming to be “ahead in reach” again

GATI is one of the oldest players in the domestic express logistics space with nearly 3 decades of existence. GATI was originally part of the assets of TCI (Transport Corporation of India), which was split between Mahendra Agarwal and his three brothers in 1998….

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Quarterly update – changes made to Prime Portfolios
Recommendations
PrimeInvestor Research Team

Quarterly update – changes made to Prime Portfolios

Prime Portfolios are a set of 19 unique portfolios that meet over 30 different investor timeframes and needs. Prime Portfolios are listed under Ready-to-use-portfolios in the Recommendations dropdown. These portfolios primarily use mutual funds, but where there are better-suited products such as deposits or government schemes, the portfolios include those as well.

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NHIT NCD - Five reasons to skip the NCD
Bonds & Deposits
Aarati Krishnan

Should you invest in NHIT’s NCD offer?

With interest rates on fixed income options hitting rock-bottom in recent years, debt investors have been starved for reasonable yields. This is perhaps why the issue of Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) from National Highways Infra Trust (NHIT NCD), offering a yield which is a tad over 8%, is seeing such enthusiastic reception from investors, bond platforms and some advisors too. 

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Quarterly review – changes to recommendations in Prime Funds & Prime ETFs
Recommendations
PrimeInvestor Research Team

Quarterly review – changes to recommendations in Prime Funds & Prime ETFs

Prime Funds narrows the choice of the thousands of funds out there in the market into a list of 50-60 funds that you can pick from to invest. This quarter we have made some additions to gain from the renewed strength that the equity market is exhibiting, the recession fears in the US notwithstanding. There are some additions in the debt space as well, as yields moved up.

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How to use the free look period
Insurance
Pavithra Jaivant

How to use the free look period

If one acts quickly, a bad or unsuitable insurance purchase can be reversed. Here, we tell you about how you can use the free look period in life and health insurance policies to your benefit.

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How to identify mutual fund overlap in your portfolio
Strategies
Bhavana Acharya

How to identify mutual fund overlap in your portfolio

A few weeks ago, we’d launched a new tool on our platform – the mutual fund overlap tool. This tool shows you how much two funds or three funds have in common between them. But how exactly should you use this overlap information? When is overlap high? What should you do if your funds share a high overlap? Or why is overlap even important?

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short term money
Bonds & Deposits
Aarati Krishnan

Have short term money to park? Here’s a cast iron option

Lately, it is not just India’s stock market that has been hopping all over the place like an impatient child. The bond market has been doing it too! India’s 10-year government bond yield, which sets the benchmark for all other debt instruments, climbed vertically from 5.8% in July 2020 to 7.61% in June 2022. But after that, it has been unable to make up its mind on whether to climb higher or pause for breath. 

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Technical outlook for the Nifty 50
Stocks
B Krishnakumar

Technical outlook for the Nifty 50

In the previous update on the Nifty 50 outlook, we had flagged concerns about the overbought breadth in the higher time frame and that the breach of 17,300 would trigger a deeper correction with heightened volatility. This scenario is currently unfolding in the Nifty 50 index.

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Is it time to invest in US equities?
Markets
Aarati Krishnan

Is it time to invest in US equities?

US stock indices have started a fresh bout of declines. This has led smart investors to ask if they should be bargain-hunting US equities at this juncture. The answer depends on where the US economy and earnings are heading.

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