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Gold Returns
Investment basics
Pavithra Jaivant

Gold Returns – How gold has delivered over the years and how returns compare against the Nifty 50

There is no denying the fixation us Indians have with gold.ย  But the good news is that this is probably one fixation that doesnโ€™t need fixing! Gold returns can instead be used to benefit our investment portfolio, as it provides balance to an equity-and-debt portfolio. However, before adding gold to a portfolio, it is important to understand how gold returns have been in the past and the characteristics of gold returns. Not just that, given that there are many ways to invest in gold, using the right mode is essential to get the most out of gold returns.

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DSP Global Innovation Fund of Fund
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Vidya Bala

NFO Review: DSP Global Innovation Fund of Fund

It is at this juncture, that DSP AMC has chosen to launch an NFO โ€“ the DSP Global Innovation Fund of Fund. And we think this NFO is trying to partly answer the above questions you have.

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drug discovery, drug discovery outsourcing, CRO, CDMO, CRAMS
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N V Chandrachoodamani

Prime Stock recommendation : A preferred partner for drug discovery outsourcing

The company we have recommended is assisting global bio-pharmaceutical companies in the end-to-end process of drug discovery to manufacturing. There is an increasing trend within the global life sciences industry to partner with integrated contract research organisations that can provide customised and end-to-end solutions to both large conglomerates to young startup biotechs.

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Interest rates, move out of equities
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R Balakrishnan

Interest rates: Should you move out of equities?

Long-standing warnings by market gurus about the imminent popping of the stock market bubble seemed to come good, with interest rates for US treasuries spiking up sharply and triggering a fairly sharp correction in stock prices across the world. But why should stocks fall if interest rates rise and will such a rate hike impact India?

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silver ETFs
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Aarati Krishnan

Do you really need silver ETFs in your portfolio?

These Silver ETFs intend to invest at least 95% of their assets in silver of 99.9% purity. They will benchmark themselves to the daily silver โ€˜fixingโ€™ – a benchmark price published by the London Bullion Market Association, translated into Rupees.ย ย 

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credit risk fund, best mutual fund, Prime Funds
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Bhavana Acharya

Prime recommendation: A credit risk fund to tap better returns

Up until recently, we tended to avoid funds with any level of credit risk let alone pure credit risk funds. The domino effect of the 2018 IL&FS saga on other issuers, funds themselves trying to clean up their portfolios, the risk that the lockdowns imposed on corporate credit quality and the like kept us wary of entering the space.

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Prime Equity Outlook 2022
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Aarati Krishnan

Prime Equity Outlook 2022

Prime Equity Outlook 2022
Itโ€™s a little difficult to be optimistic about the year ahead when news headlines and social media debates are all about Covid counts and the mysterious symptoms of Omicron (or is it Deltacron?). Indeed, as we write this, two-thirds of PrimeInvestorโ€™s tiny team has also been struck down by Covid-ish symptoms.ย 

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Performance review and quarterly changes
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PrimeInvestor Research Team

Prime portfolios โ€“ Performance review and quarterly changes

Prime Portfolios are a set of 19 unique portfolios that meet over 30 different investor needs, aspirations, and timeframes. You will find them under the head Ready-to-use-portfolios (listed in the Recommendations menu, post login). With Prime Portfolios completing close to 2 years, we are now presenting the performance of some of the key portfolios in this article.ย 

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Prime Debt outlook 2022
Bonds & Deposits
Aarati Krishnan

Prime Debt outlook 2022 – Interesting times ahead for debt investors

So whatโ€™s ahead for the prime debt outlook 2022? Do we expect rates to now sidle sideways or to continue their climb?ย Though the onset of Omicron may see the MPC continue to make dovish noises and delay repo rate hikes as much as it can, we think that market interest rates will continue to climb in 2022 irrespective of whether or not MPC acts.

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