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Prime recommendation: Commodity and the rise of the old economy
Recommendations
Vidya Bala

Prime Recommendation: Commodity and the rise of the old economy

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 indexโ€™s move.

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Quarterly review: Prime Portfolios performance review & quarter changes
Mutual funds & ETFs
PrimeInvestor Research Team

Quarterly Review: Prime Portfolios performance review & quarter changes

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.

We review these portfolios every quarter and make changes to remove underperformers or to include any new investment opportunity or product that may come by. At the end of each year, we review the performance of key portfolios, in addition to discussing the changes we make.

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Quarterly review - Changes to recommendations in Prime Funds and Prime ETFs
Mutual funds & ETFs
PrimeInvestor Research Team

Quarterly review: Changes to recommendations in Prime Funds & Prime ETFs

Prime Funds is our list of recommendations in equity, debt, and hybrid mutual funds that are worth investing in. Prime Funds narrows down your choices from the thousands of funds that there are, into a concise list of funds that span different styles. Prime Funds are selected based on performance, portfolios, and investment strategies.

In this quarterโ€™s review, we have added to equity funds to play themes that are ripe and made changes to the hybrid recommendations to include better return options. We have made minimal changes to our debt fund recommendations.

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Prime Funds performance in 2022
Mutual funds & ETFs
PrimeInvestor Research Team

Prime Funds performance in 2022

The close of another year means that itโ€™s the time we review how our recommendations have done. We published our Prime Stocks report card a few days ago. In this instalment, we cover Prime Funds performance in 2022

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Use this passive fund for your large-and-midcap exposure
Recommendations
Bhavana Acharya

Use this passive fund for your large-and-midcap exposure

A few weeks ago, we had written in detail the categories in which we think passive funds have become a necessity to keep your portfolio returns stable; even if you hold active funds. We made this call as performance of active funds were becoming relatively more inconsistent, in a few key categories.

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Quarterly update โ€“ changes made to Prime Portfolios
Recommendations
PrimeInvestor Research Team

Quarterly update โ€“ 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 underย Ready-to-use-portfoliosย in the Recommendations dropdown.ย 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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Quarterly review โ€“ changes to recommendations in Prime Funds & Prime ETFs
Recommendations
PrimeInvestor Research Team

Quarterly review โ€“ 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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Parag Parikh Flexi Cap โ€“ should you continue to invest?
Recommendations
Bhavana Acharya

Parag Parikh Flexi Cap โ€“ should you continue to invest?

Up until six months ago, Parag Parikh Flexi cap was an investor favourite. Its chart-topping performance and overseas investments served as the key attractions. These very same factors now appear to be doing the opposite, causing investors to worry over continuing investments. So, should you be concerned over Parag Parikh Flexi Capโ€™s performance? Is the restriction in investing abroad a game-changer for the fund?ย 

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Prime Recommendation: How to play the cyclical space now
Recommendations
Vidya Bala

Prime Recommendation: How to play the cyclical space now

Manufacturing is back in favour in the stock market, largely driven by cyclicals such as auto, auto components, industrials and capital goods. In this report, we discuss in detail the prospects for the manufacturing space and how to play it through a thematic fund that we added a month ago in Prime Funds.

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Prime Review: 3 passive indices built on โ€˜Qualityโ€™
Strategies
Bhavana Acharya

Prime Review: 3 passive indices built on โ€˜Qualityโ€™

In this analysis, we look at indices on the โ€˜Qualityโ€™ factor. There are two NFOs running now โ€“ DSP Midcap 150 Quality 50 Index fund (thereโ€™s already the ETF version of this) and Aditya Birla SL Nifty 200 Quality 30. These two indices join the Nifty 100 Quality 30 index, on which there is an already existing ETF (from Edelweiss).

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