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Critical Illness plan review: Star Critical Illness Multipay Insurance Policy
Insurance
Pavithra Jaivant

Critical Illness plan review: Star Critical Illness Multipay Insurance Policy

To secure your finances against health emergencies, Primeinvestor recommends combing a hospitalization plan with a critical illness cover. Our earlier article has discussed ‘What to look for in a critical illness health plan’ in detail. We subsequently shortlisted a few critical illness covers, from which we reviewed Activ Secure Critical Illness Plan by Aditya Birla Health Insurance, Criti Care policy by Bajaj Alianz General Insurance and IFFCO Tokio’s Critical Illness Benefit Policy. Here, we review the Star Critical Illness Multipay Insurance Policy. We think this plan has a good structure without being over-complicated.

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Is it time to add passive funds to your portfolio?
Strategies
Bhavana Acharya

Is it time to add passive funds to your portfolio?

In any portfolio that features equity funds, the long-running debate is whether one should go for active or passive funds. We, on the other hand, have held that a portfolio can well feature both active and passive funds using each where it does best. Of late, we have also been of the opinion that there are some categories where you should have passive funds if you are to keep returns up – even if you hold outperforming active funds.

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Are SDLs safe? And other questions
Bonds & Deposits
Aarati Krishnan

Are SDLs safe? And other questions

Whenever we recommend SDLs, our readers raise many queries like “Are SDLs safe?” and more about the difficulty of choosing them. In this FAQ, we try and address all of your niggling doubts about SDLs.

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How to time your entry into our stock recommendations
Stocks
N V Chandrachoodamani

How to time your entry into our stock recommendations

If you are a growth subscriber, you will have access to Prime Stocks – which is a list of stock recommendations. When stocks in the list move up in price and it is still in our buy list, many of you have problem identifying the buy price at which you should invest.

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Mutual funds vs PMS – Pros and Cons
General
R Balakrishnan

Mutual funds vs PMS – Pros and Cons

For investors who can write a single cheque of Rs 50 lakh or more, Portfolio Management Services (PMS) have emerged a popular vehicle for investment into equities. In effect, PMS is identical to investing directly in shares, the main difference being that you have given absolute power to the PMS agency to buy/sell shares on your behalf and your portfolio choices are left to them.

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GATI – aiming to be “ahead in reach” again
Stocks
N V Chandrachoodamani

GATI – aiming to be “ahead in reach” again

GATI is one of the oldest players in the domestic express logistics space with nearly 3 decades of existence. GATI was originally part of the assets of TCI (Transport Corporation of India), which was split between Mahendra Agarwal and his three brothers in 1998….

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Quarterly update – changes made to Prime Portfolios
Recommendations
PrimeInvestor Research Team

Quarterly update – 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 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.

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NHIT NCD - Five reasons to skip the NCD
Bonds & Deposits
Aarati Krishnan

Should you invest in NHIT’s NCD offer?

With interest rates on fixed income options hitting rock-bottom in recent years, debt investors have been starved for reasonable yields. This is perhaps why the issue of Non-Convertible Debentures (NCDs) from National Highways Infra Trust (NHIT NCD), offering a yield which is a tad over 8%, is seeing such enthusiastic reception from investors, bond platforms and some advisors too. 

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Quarterly review – changes to recommendations in Prime Funds & Prime ETFs
Recommendations
PrimeInvestor Research Team

Quarterly review – 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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How to use the free look period
Insurance
Pavithra Jaivant

How to use the free look period

If one acts quickly, a bad or unsuitable insurance purchase can be reversed. Here, we tell you about how you can use the free look period in life and health insurance policies to your benefit.

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