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Stocks
N V Chandrachoodamani

Stock Recommendation : Own many great businesses through this one stock

In bull markets, expensive valuations often make it necessary for investors to look for offbeat opportunities to acquire a wealth generating company. The investment arms of leading promoter groups in India offer such opportunities to buy sound companies, at a discount to prevailing valuations.

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Markets
Vidya Bala

PowerGrid InvIT โ€“ should you invest?

POWERGRID Infrastructure Investment Trust (PGInvIT) is the third InvIT and the second in the power transmission space (the other being IndiGrid InvIT) to be listed in the Indian stock markets. It is sponsored by listed PSU Power Grid Corporation of India (PGCIL and henceforth called the Sponsor).
Please find an explanation of what an InviT is here. This article will give you only our quick take on the offer and whether it is suitable for you. It is not a deep dive into the InvITโ€™s business and financials.

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sectors to focus
Markets
B Krishnakumar

Technical outlook: Identifying the sectors to focus on and the sectors to avoid

The Nifty 50 index has drifted lower recently and has lost close to 8% from the high of 15,431 recorded on February 16, 2021. But though the Nifty 50 has slipped to lower levels, there are quite a few sectors that have delivered positive returns during this period. So, what are the sectors to focus on (and what are the ones to avoid)? Let’s find out.

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it companies move into a new orbit
Markets
N V Chandrachoodamani

Results Update: Tech majors moving to a new orbit

Although some of the top Tier I IT companies such as Infosys or HCL Technologies missed market estimates for the quarter ending March 2021, they finished FY-21 on a strong note across various fronts. Steady deal wins, stable growth, sustained margins, expanding cash assets and buybacks characterized the fiscal ending March 2021 for IT companies. This, in a year ravaged by the Covid-19 pandemic. It is small wonder therefore that their price earnings valuations have moved up in trajectory, well-above their 10-year averages. Letโ€™s take a quick recap of the performance for the latest fiscal and quarter – that led to PE moving to newer orbit. Weโ€™ve taken the 4 tech majors TCS, Infosys, Wipro and HCL Technologies for this purpose.

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Stocks
Bhavana Acharya

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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cryptocurrencies
Short Takes
Srikanth Meenakshi

Investing in Cryptocurrencies

Occasionally, we get questions at PrimeInvestor about investing in cryptocurrencies. Unsurprisingly, these questions arrive at a higher frequency when these currencies are trading higher and

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Stocks
PrimeInvestor Research Team

Stock recommendation: A solid company, a sharp fall, a great opportunity

Fears about a second wave of Covid more virulent than the first, have triggered a fresh bout of panic selling in the market. Stocks that may take a direct hit on their revenues and profits as a result of this have seen a correction. We think this presents a window of opportunity to add select high-quality stocks to your portfolio. We are providing a recommendation on one such stock that has seen a 21% correction from its peak in March.

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Mutual funds & ETFs
Vidya Bala

3 reasons why you should not rollover your FMPs now

A recent addendum by Aditya Birla Sun life suggested that investors rollover some of the AMCโ€™s FMPs that are maturing. The reason was that given the low-rate scenario, investors are unlikely to get good interest rates outside once they exit. And that staying invested would provide indexation benefit for capital gains and earn higher returns.
But some investors raised the doubt on whether the FMPs under question were in trouble. We therefore looked at their portfolios. They had high-quality AAA-holdings are unlikely to have had any pressure on repayment. In other words, there does not appear any credit related rollover compulsion.

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