Bhavana Acharya, Author at PrimeInvestor

Mutual funds & ETFs

Prime Recommendation: 2 floating rate debt funds for medium time frames

With interest rates being where they are – i.e., stable with no clear signs of a move upwards or downwards – you would wonder where you could hold investments meant for a 2-3 year timeframe. And many of you also wonder if the best option you have is to go for floating rate debt funds as they would have an edge over other debt fund categories.

Bhavana Acharya June 6, 2021 6 Comments

Mutual funds & ETFs

When is it fine to make lumpsum investments?

If there’s one thing all mutual fund investors are clear about, it’s that SIPs are a great thing. Every time you have money to invest, it is not a given that you use SIPs (or STPs). There are times when it’s perfectly fine to be making lumpsum investments.

Bhavana Acharya May 13, 2021 23 Comments

Mutual funds & ETFs

Prime Recommendation: Mid-cap returns with would-be bluechips

There’s another index that gives mid and small-cap funds a good run for their money while housing far bigger names. This is a high return index if highly volatile one, and can be used in long-term portfolios to give returns a boost.

Bhavana Acharya May 6, 2021 20 Comments

Stocks

Stock recommendation: A dividend play on consumer demand recovery

Stocks and sectors that are likely to take an immediate hit to revenue and profits have slipped more than others. But many among these have medium to long-term growth drivers in place, and are strong enough to weather near-term impact to profitability.

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Bhavana Acharya April 25, 2021 No Comments

Mutual funds & ETFs

Which debt funds to hold now and other questions, answered

Debt funds are back to worrying many of you. Returns are dipping, there’s a lot of talk on yield movements both at home and in the US, there’s the question of where rates will head now. Over the course of the past several weeks, we have fielded several questions from you on what this means and what you should be doing with your debt funds.

We’ve written extensively on the developments in the debt space in different articles. But here’s answering the questions that appear to worry you the most.

Bhavana Acharya March 21, 2021 23 Comments

Mutual funds & ETFs

Is the UTI Nifty 200 Momentum 30 index fund NFO worth it?

The Nifty Momentum 30 is drawn from the Nifty 200 index. Momentum as a strategy is designed to pick stocks that are on a return uptrend and gain from the continued upswing.

Bhavana Acharya February 19, 2021 18 Comments

Mutual funds & ETFs

Should you invest in balanced advantage funds now?

If you watched any cricket in the past few days, you could not have missed the ad from a prominent fund house, extolling the virtues of (their) balanced advantage funds. Whether its AMCs, fund managers, media, or your neighbour, the advice is that the best way to manage current markets is to add a balanced advantage/dynamic asset allocation fund to your portfolio. Should you?

Bhavana Acharya February 9, 2021 39 Comments

Mutual funds & ETFs

Prime Recommendation – An ETF for uncertain markets

The Nifty 50 has rallied 16% in 1 year, the Nifty 50 PE is breaking past peaks, and you’re worried that this may be the end of the party and that you may miss further rallies if it isn’t the end. In uncertain markets like these, there’s a great option to both contain losses and generate returns.

Bhavana Acharya January 17, 2021 21 Comments

Stocks

Mrs. Bectors Food Specialties IPO – Should you invest?

The Mrs Bectors IPO, open now and closing on December 17th, has a price band of Rs 286-288, and seeks to raise up to Rs 540.54 crore. With broad-based revenues and strong regional brands, should you go for this IPO?

Bhavana Acharya December 15, 2020 10 Comments

Mutual funds & ETFs

Should you invest in NFOs?

Many of you ask us about investing in NFOs. With this article, we hope to give you a playbook on whether and when you should consider investing in NFOs.

Bhavana Acharya December 8, 2020 8 Comments

Stocks

Burger King India IPO – Should you subscribe?

Burger King, ‘Home of the Whopper’, needs little introduction. , Burger King India holds the exclusive pan-India right to open and operate outlets under the

Bhavana Acharya November 30, 2020 26 Comments

Stocks

Prime Data Crunch: Can companies sustain Covid-era profitability?

A 7% decline in revenue but a 17% jump in profits is not an earnings scenario that you see often. We are talking of the September quarter numbers over a year ago for a universe of 1,122 companies. But then, abnormal times throw up abnormal results. How did India Inc achieve these profitability numbers and are they here to stay?

Bhavana Acharya November 24, 2020 6 Comments

PrimeInvestor - Articles and Reports

Prime Recommendation: 2 floating rate debt funds for medium time frames

When is it fine to make lumpsum investments?

Prime Recommendation: Mid-cap returns with would-be bluechips

Stock recommendation: A dividend play on consumer demand recovery

Which debt funds to hold now and other questions, answered

Is the UTI Nifty 200 Momentum 30 index fund NFO worth it?

Should you invest in balanced advantage funds now?

Prime Recommendation – An ETF for uncertain markets

Mrs. Bectors Food Specialties IPO – Should you invest?

Should you invest in NFOs?

Burger King India IPO – Should you subscribe?

Prime Data Crunch: Can companies sustain Covid-era profitability?

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