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Prime Fund Recommendation: A fund for the opportunist in you

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Prime Fund Recommendation: A fund for the opportunist in you

Some funds have a clear fundamental strategy that shows in their portfolio construct. When that strategy pays off, they deliver. But many good-to-hear strategies have failed for many mutual funds in recent years. This is partly due to fast-shuffling sector preferences in the market and partly due to high stock weights in the index that funds struggle to replicate. As a result, you see them underperforming key indices.

Vidya Bala May 5, 2022 16 Comments

Stocks

IPO Review: LIC IPO – 3 factors to consider before subscribing

The Indian government, deciding to take its chances with market moods, has launched the long-awaited IPO of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). This is entirely an offer for sale by the government to offload 3.5% of its holdings (2.21 crore shares) to the public, at an offer price band of Rs 902-949. LIC will not receive any proceeds from the sale. Retail bidders will get a Rs 45 discount while LIC’s policyholders will get a Rs 60 discount.

Aarati Krishnan May 3, 2022 1 Comment

2 G-Sec bond options to invest right now

Bonds & Deposits

2 G-Sec bond options to invest right now

About 10 days ago, we alerted you about the upcoming opportunities you will have in the bond market as we move up the rate cycle. Today, we are recommending 2 government securities (G-secs) that are out as auction in the RBI Retail Direct portal. You might want to check if your brokerage has the option to buy these.

PrimeInvestor Research Team May 1, 2022 10 Comments

General

What they don’t tell you about M&A

In an M&A, company A buys out company B, triggering positive and happy noises in the market. Share prices of both companies jump in joy on the announcement. The news then gets digested and analysed. Shareholders of both companies realise after a bit, that they should have sold out in the first few days after the announcement, rather than swallow stories of ‘synergies’, ‘cost savings’, ‘market leadership’, ‘inorganic growth’ and other jargon that are usually peddled to sell mergers, in company releases and analyst reports.

R Balakrishnan April 24, 2022 2 Comments

Bonds & Deposits

How to ride the interest rate upcycle

Indian debt investors have been handed a raw deal in the last three years. Though inflation has been rising and market interest rates edging up, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) were doing their level-best to keep a lid on interest rates, to protect borrowers in a Covid-hit economy.

Aarati Krishnan April 21, 2022 14 Comments

Stocks

Prime Stock Recommendation : Investing in the business of risk

A few weeks ago, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway announced the acquisition of Alleghany Corporation with a $11.6 billion deal, its largest buy-out deal in six years. The decision has come at a time when the general insurance industry has faced headwinds in the last 2-3 years. But there is no one better than Buffett to understand the prospects and valuation of an insurance company. Berkshire Hathaway owes its long-term wealth creation success to excellent underwriting skills in its insurance subsidiaries and clever usage of the float from insurance to build a long-term equity portfolio.

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N V Chandrachoodamani April 19, 2022 No Comments

Markets

Nifty 50: Will there be a pullback now?

In our previous Nifty 50 index update, we had built a case for a short-term bounce in the Nifty 50 index that could extend up to 16,800-16,850 range. This price action unfolded in line with expectations and the index moved well past the target zone. The question now is, will this rally continue or is there still a risk of one more leg of downside heading back to the early March lows.

B Krishnakumar April 17, 2022 2 Comments

Changes to Prime Portfolios, our readymade portfolios

Recommendations

Quarterly review: Changes to Prime Portfolios, our readymade 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 menu dropdown. These portfolios primarily use mutual funds, but where there are better-suited products such as deposits or government schemes, the portfolios include those too.

PrimeInvestor Research Team April 12, 2022 13 Comments

Research Reports

Cement Industry: 5 things to know before you choose a stock

India’s cement industry has always been a good proxy for the core economy, with steady volume growth and players enjoying considerable pricing power unlike other commodities. With cement industry leaders such as UltraTech Cement, Ambuja Cements, Dalmia Bharat and Birla Corporation correcting between 10% and 20% in the last 3 months, could there be an opportunity? We take a deep dive into the cement industry to assess its prospects.

Pavithra Jaivant April 10, 2022 2 Comments

Recommendations

Quarterly review – changes to Prime Funds, our fund recommendations

If there’s one trend that equity funds don’t seem to be shaking off soon, it is the performance divergence. Over the past few review cycles, we have been highlighting how up-and-coming funds have soared well past the earlier steady performers. Taking stock of the underperformers, the nature of market movements, and returns we have made some key changes to our equity funds in this review cycle.

PrimeInvestor Research Team April 6, 2022 15 Comments

Stocks

Prime Analysis: Impact of HDFC Merger & our recommendation

When good quality businesses get beaten down in the markets, unexpected corporate actions and events sometimes act as a trigger to their re-rating. Is the HDFC merger with HDFC Bank a positive?

Aarati Krishnan April 5, 2022 13 Comments

Stocks

Important update: Change in our stock recommendation

This is an update on a stock that is in our Buy list, owing to recent developments.

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PrimeInvestor Research Team March 31, 2022 No Comments

PrimeInvestor - Articles and Reports

Prime Fund Recommendation: A fund for the opportunist in you

IPO Review: LIC IPO – 3 factors to consider before subscribing

2 G-Sec bond options to invest right now

What they don’t tell you about M&A

How to ride the interest rate upcycle

Prime Stock Recommendation : Investing in the business of risk

Nifty 50: Will there be a pullback now?

Quarterly review: Changes to Prime Portfolios, our readymade portfolios

Cement Industry: 5 things to know before you choose a stock

Quarterly review – changes to Prime Funds, our fund recommendations

Prime Analysis: Impact of HDFC Merger & our recommendation

Important update: Change in our stock recommendation

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