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IPO Review: LIC IPO – 3 factors to consider before subscribing

The Indian government, deciding to take its chances with market moods, has launched the long-awaited IPO of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). This is entirely an offer for sale by the government to offload 3.5% of its holdings (2.21 crore shares) to the public, at an offer price band of Rs 902-949. LIC will not receive any proceeds from the sale. Retail bidders will get a Rs 45 discount while LIC’s policyholders will get a Rs 60 discount.

Aarati Krishnan May 3, 2022 1 Comment

Mutual funds & ETFs

How to use hybrid funds in Prime Funds in your portfolio

Hybrid funds don’t really suffer from the overlapping drawbacks we pointed out in our explanation on Prime Funds’ equity and debt recommendations. However, we still use our basic logic when it comes to portfolio building – given an investment purpose, which fund will fit that need?

Bhavana Acharya May 1, 2022 No Comments

2 G-Sec bond options to invest right now

Bonds & Deposits

2 G-Sec bond options to invest right now

About 10 days ago, we alerted you about the upcoming opportunities you will have in the bond market as we move up the rate cycle. Today, we are recommending 2 government securities (G-secs) that are out as auction in the RBI Retail Direct portal. You might want to check if your brokerage has the option to buy these.

PrimeInvestor Research Team May 1, 2022 10 Comments

Mutual funds & ETFs

How to use debt funds in Prime Funds in your portfolio

This is the second to our two-part explanation on how we construct Prime Funds and how to use these fund recommendations to decide allocations. In the first part, we had covered equity funds in depth. In this Part 2, we will cover the debt fund recommendations in Prime Funds.

Bhavana Acharya April 28, 2022 No Comments

Prime Funds: How to build a portfolio with the right allocations

Mutual funds & ETFs

How to use equity funds in Prime Funds in your portfolio

In this two-part series, we’ll explain how to build a portfolio with the right allocations. We also discuss how we categorise funds in Prime Funds and how to use each category in your portfolio. In this first part, we will cover equity funds. In the next, we will take up hybrid and debt funds.

Bhavana Acharya April 26, 2022 No Comments

General

What they don’t tell you about M&A

In an M&A, company A buys out company B, triggering positive and happy noises in the market. Share prices of both companies jump in joy on the announcement. The news then gets digested and analysed. Shareholders of both companies realise after a bit, that they should have sold out in the first few days after the announcement, rather than swallow stories of ‘synergies’, ‘cost savings’, ‘market leadership’, ‘inorganic growth’ and other jargon that are usually peddled to sell mergers, in company releases and analyst reports.

R Balakrishnan April 24, 2022 2 Comments

Bonds & Deposits

How to ride the interest rate upcycle

Indian debt investors have been handed a raw deal in the last three years. Though inflation has been rising and market interest rates edging up, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) were doing their level-best to keep a lid on interest rates, to protect borrowers in a Covid-hit economy.

Aarati Krishnan April 21, 2022 14 Comments

Stocks

Prime Stock Recommendation : Investing in the business of risk

A few weeks ago, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway announced the acquisition of Alleghany Corporation with a $11.6 billion deal, its largest buy-out deal in six years. The decision has come at a time when the general insurance industry has faced headwinds in the last 2-3 years. But there is no one better than Buffett to understand the prospects and valuation of an insurance company. Berkshire Hathaway owes its long-term wealth creation success to excellent underwriting skills in its insurance subsidiaries and clever usage of the float from insurance to build a long-term equity portfolio.

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N V Chandrachoodamani April 19, 2022 No Comments

Markets

Nifty 50: Will there be a pullback now?

In our previous Nifty 50 index update, we had built a case for a short-term bounce in the Nifty 50 index that could extend up to 16,800-16,850 range. This price action unfolded in line with expectations and the index moved well past the target zone. The question now is, will this rally continue or is there still a risk of one more leg of downside heading back to the early March lows.

B Krishnakumar April 17, 2022 2 Comments

Insurance

Health insurance for senior citizens

Health insurance for senior citizens is a hard puzzle to solve. As we age, the probability of hospitalisation and associated expenses increases. So, from a consumer’s perspective, it makes sense to get medical insurance with good coverage. But for insurers, seniors policies are not as lucrative because most policyholders will more likely make a claim. On top of it, unlike life insurance, every health insurance policy is renewable for life. Insurers cannot stop servicing high risk customers once they’ve been given a policy.

Bipin Ramachandran April 14, 2022 No Comments

Changes to Prime Portfolios, our readymade portfolios

Recommendations

Quarterly review: Changes to Prime Portfolios, our readymade 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 menu dropdown. These portfolios primarily use mutual funds, but where there are better-suited products such as deposits or government schemes, the portfolios include those too.

PrimeInvestor Research Team April 12, 2022 13 Comments

Research Reports

Cement Industry: 5 things to know before you choose a stock

India’s cement industry has always been a good proxy for the core economy, with steady volume growth and players enjoying considerable pricing power unlike other commodities. With cement industry leaders such as UltraTech Cement, Ambuja Cements, Dalmia Bharat and Birla Corporation correcting between 10% and 20% in the last 3 months, could there be an opportunity? We take a deep dive into the cement industry to assess its prospects.

Pavithra Jaivant April 10, 2022 2 Comments

PrimeInvestor - Articles and Reports

IPO Review: LIC IPO – 3 factors to consider before subscribing

How to use hybrid funds in Prime Funds in your portfolio

2 G-Sec bond options to invest right now

How to use debt funds in Prime Funds in your portfolio

How to use equity funds in Prime Funds in your portfolio

What they don’t tell you about M&A

How to ride the interest rate upcycle

Prime Stock Recommendation : Investing in the business of risk

Nifty 50: Will there be a pullback now?

Health insurance for senior citizens

Quarterly review: Changes to Prime Portfolios, our readymade portfolios

Cement Industry: 5 things to know before you choose a stock

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