The second of this four-part series will talk about how you can lose wealth when you entry timing goes wrong in cyclical businesses.
Big losses in the stock market: 5 mistakes to avoid -Part 2 (Cyclical businesses) Read More »
The third of this four-part series talks about how every bull market hides low quality businesses and how you can stay clear of such companies.
Big losses in the stock market: 5 mistakes to avoid – Part 3 (Low quality businesses) Read More »
In this final part of this four-part series we discuss how many promising turnaround stories never say the light of day in the stock market and also talk about the perils of placing too much faith in dividend earners that show no potential for growth.
This secured, listed and redeemable NCD is issued by India’s 5th largest microfinance company
Prime Bonds: A 11% yielding NCD from a micro finance player Read More »
Building a stock portfolio is not easy, but it’s not terribly hard either. Aarati Krishnan gives useful pointers in this QA article on building a stock portfolio.
FAQs on building a stock portfolio Read More »
Apart from the fund manager’s skill, a hidden factor that explains such return differences is the investment styles in which each fund is managed. Right now, many of the funds that have managed to top the charts with a 16% return are value-style funds, while the laggards are growth-oriented ones.
6 investment styles – which one suits you? Read More »
If there’s one NFO that’s trying to be a hop out of the regular, it is the HDFC Defence Fund. And with good reason – the defence space has been garnering increasing attention in stock markets with defence plays rallying. This open-ended thematic fund opens for subscription today.
HDFC Defence will be the only fund on the defence theme, making it differentiated from other sector offerings. There’s also no denying the scope in the defence sector, especially after key changes in defence capex spending which focuses on indigenous procurement. So, can this NFO make a good portfolio addition?
NFO Review: HDFC Defence Fund Read More »
Getting into a sector when the going is rough can pay off as kinks get ironed out and prospects look up. The complexity of this sector, along with other factors, has led to steep underperformance against the Nifty 50. But with more clarity now emerging on sustainable growth from here as well as a shift in the contours of the sector, this may be an opportune time to build up exposure to this beaten-down sector.
Prime Fund Recommendation: A beaten-down sector to pick up now Read More »
It has been a rough ride for the Indian API industry in the past 2 years. A combination of factors including price erosion in US generics, destocking, demand fluctuation, elevated raw material costs and freight costs have hit the margins of many API plays including market favourites such as Divi’s, Laurus and Aarti Drugs. Their growth has also remained at low single digits in this period.
Still, if a company has managed to remain resilient in this period and yet corrected to valuations that make it attractive, it deserves to be noticed.
Prime Stock Recommendation: An R&D focused company in the API space Read More »
For Indian investors looking for regular income with the possibility of capital appreciation, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) are good vehicles. These entities own a bunch of real estate or infrastructure assets that throw up regular cash flows and distribute over 90% of their cash flows to their investors. As both their income and the value of the real estate or infrastructure portfolio they own can rise over time, REITs and InvITs offer the prospect of rising income with capital gains.
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