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Technical outlook: Can the Nifty 50 slide further?

B Krishnakumar / Markets, Categories, Premium, Stocks / March 12, 2023

In the past couple of posts on the Nifty 50 outlook, we have been voicing a bearish view for the Nifty 50 index. This has played out as per expectations. The index almost achieved the first target of 17,150-17,200 that was mentioned a couple of posts ago. In the previous update, we had mentioned the possibility of a slide to the 16,700-16,900 zone.
Let us assess if this target is likely to be achieved or not.

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Prime stock update: Are we still sweet on this sugar maker?

Pavithra Jaivant / Stocks, Categories, Premium / March 9, 2023

In August 2021, we recommended a sugar manufacturer, well placed to play the ethanol opportunity that was set to change the dynamics of the sugar sector in India. 18 months down the line, the ethanol opportunity has played out as we expected and we have more clarity on this front. But at the same time, stock returns for our chosen candidate stand at just ~5% since our ‘BUY’ recommendation even though it rallied over 30% and also fell by almost 20% in the interim. We think, this calls for an update.

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Nifty Next 50 – what should you do with your investments?

PrimeInvestor Research Team / Mutual funds & ETFs, Categories, Markets, Premium, Recommendations, Strategies / March 7, 2023

The Nifty Next 50 houses the 50 top companies by market capitalisation, after the Nifty 50. This index caught the limelight over the past month for featuring a handful of the Adani group stocks.

As we had pointed out a couple of weeks ago in our write-up on Adani stocks and index funds, the presence of a few shaky stocks in an index is not reason enough to exit it. But even before the Adani-fuelled upheaval, the Nifty Next 50’s once-outstanding performance was being eroded.

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4 easy steps to picking good mutual fund schemes

Vidya Bala / Mutual funds & ETFs, Categories, General, Strategies / March 5, 2023

The top-used product at PrimeInvestor, our MF Review Tool, is good for anyone who wants to know our call on your fund (buy/hold/sell) and the reason for the same. It also helps you pick the funds we have a buy on, if you want to go beyond Prime Funds.
But for those of you who want to see the evidence backed by data or wish to do your own filtering, then Prime MF Screener is the only tool available today in town for you to do this evidence-based investing. If you are a subscriber – well, what’s stopping you from empowering yourself using our MF Screener to pick good mutual fund schemes?

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NFO review: IDFC US Treasury Bond 0-1 year Fund of Funds

Aarati Krishnan / Mutual funds & ETFs, Bonds & Deposits, Categories, Premium, Strategies / March 2, 2023

US stocks and US equity funds have been quite a hit with Indian investors in recent years. Indians invest in these funds to gain exposure to global businesses (Amazon, Alphabet, Mastercard etc). More importantly, they would like to gain an exposure to the US dollar which has appreciated steadily against the Rupee over the years.
But the risks in owning US equities have become apparent lately, with the Fed on a rate hiking spree and the US economy flirting with a recession. US stock indices have lost 12-15% in one year, while US equity funds have seen losses of 6%-12%. But there has been a sharp rise in yields on US government bonds (treasuries).

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Prime stocks update: An exit call on an insurance stock

N V Chandrachoodamani / Stocks, Categories, Premium, Research Reports / March 1, 2023

In April 2022, we had issued a buy recommendation on a general insurance player, as both the industry and the company itself were emerging from the Covid-driven impact and were poised for growth. Since then, however, the insurance sector has lost market favour as growth has not panned out as expected.

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Prime Stocks update: Moving this biotech stock from BUY to a HOLD

N V Chandrachoodamani / Stocks, Categories, Premium, Research Reports / March 1, 2023

When we gave the call of this R&D focused company engaged in the manufacture of enzymes and probiotics, the company had Covid-related challenges but showed promise of growth. It was later also pulled down by consolidation of acquisitions and costs related to new product launches. We therefore knew that the call would take longer to pay off. The stock went through a significant correction after our initial recommendation as earnings disappointed.

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Prime Recommendation: Commodity and the rise of the old economy

Vidya Bala / Recommendations, Categories, Mutual funds & ETFs, Premium / February 28, 2023

In March 2021, our call on the commodities fund we added panned out well. But we decided to issue a book profit call in June 2022, as we wanted to preserve some of the profits given the cool off that was visible then in commodity prices.
And as anticipated, commodities cooled off a fair bit globally. Triggered by inflation-driven rate hikes and recession fears, pre-emptive physical destocking (reducing inventories anticipating higher cost of holding inventories) resulted in lower prices. The traded Goldman Sachs Commodity index graph below will tell you that our call was largely in line with this index’s move.

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Adani stocks and index funds: cause for concern?

Aarati Krishnan / Commentary, Categories, Mutual funds & ETFs, Stocks / February 23, 2023

After the Hindenburg bombshell tanked Adani stocks, the faith that some investors placed in index investing seems to have been shaken. With the Nifty 50 and Nifty Next 50 featuring seven Adani group stocks between them, PrimeInvestor received many queries soon after the news broke.

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Build your own portfolio with PrimeInvestor’s super tool

Bhavana Acharya / General, Categories, Investment basics, Mutual funds & ETFs, Strategies / February 21, 2023

PrimeInvestor’s super new tool, Build your own portfolio is a simple and powerful solution for your need to customise your portfolio the way you wish to, but without choosing the wrong funds nor going wrong on allocation! It guides you into designing a portfolio for yourself using Prime Funds, based on your inputs. Here’s more.

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Prime Stock update: Prospects brighten for our small finance bank call

N V Chandrachoodamani / Stocks, Categories, Premium / February 19, 2023

Covid proved be an ultimate stress test for Small Finance Banks (SFBs). As SFBs largely cater to low income borrowers comprising small businesses, small vehicle owners and other self-employed categories including micro-finance, they were among the most Covid-sensitive sectors.

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Technical outlook: Outlook now for the Nifty 50

B Krishnakumar / Markets, Categories, Premium / February 12, 2023

In this post, we shall discuss a brief short-term technical outlook for the Nifty 50 index and some interesting statistics which will be a follow-through to what we discussed in the previous post. Let us get started with the short-term technical outlook.

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