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Markets

Are equity markets overheated?

Are equity markets overheated? Is it time to book profits or is it actually a good time to invest given the exuberance? These may be just some of the questions running through the minds of investors. This article delves into various factors to assess whether the stock market is indeed over-valued, what could go wrong with markets at rich valuations and what investors can do to protect their wealth.

N V Chandrachoodamani October 26, 2021 2 Comments

Mutual funds & ETFs

Passive debt funds and how to choose them

What are your options today in the passive debt funds space? Are there options across time frames and will it meet all your needs like active debt funds do? This article will take you through this space and gives you pointers on how to make your choices in this segment.

Vidya Bala October 24, 2021 No Comments

General

What they don’t tell you about credit ratings

I was privileged to be part of the beginnings of the credit rating industry in India. From being an unwanted pest in its early days, the industry is now the favourite whipping boy for regulators and investors, who have blindfolded themselves with wrong notions about the role of credit rating agencies.

R Balakrishnan October 21, 2021 2 Comments

General

Prime update: The Tata group’s ‘clean energy’ club

The Tata group recently announced the investment of global PE major TPG (formerly Texas Pacific Group) in the electric vehicle (EV) arm of Tata Motors at a valuation of $9.1 billion (about Rs.68,000 crore) recently. Not surprisingly, the stock of Tata Motors soared 25% on the day of the deal announcement.

N V Chandrachoodamani October 21, 2021 3 Comments

Mutual funds & ETFs

Prime Recommendation: A fund to move with the market

With the Sensex hurtling past the 60,000-mark and showing few signs of slowing down, you may be getting increasingly jittery about stock markets. If you’re wondering where in this market to invest and how to move with the market, then we have an option.

Bhavana Acharya October 19, 2021 8 Comments

Premium

Prime Stock Recommendation: A financial space disruptor

India’s credit growth remains in single digits even as the economy is recovering from the pandemic. This poor credit growth comes on the back of prime borrowers migrating to bond markets and retail depositors and borrowers finding fintech alternatives attractive. These are but some indicators that India’s universal banks are set to face considerable disruption going forward.

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N V Chandrachoodamani October 17, 2021 No Comments

Stocks

What is Nifty BeES? – 7 important points to know

Nifty BeES – you can’t deny that, it is quite an interesting name for a security and no, it has nothing to do with insects of any kind. So what is Nifty BeES? Here is a quick look at what it is, how it works and what its name means.

Pavithra Jaivant October 17, 2021 No Comments

Research Reports

Quarterly Review – Changes to Prime Portfolios

We’ll explain the Prime Portfolios where we have made changes in this review cycle and the reasons for the same. We’ll also tell you what to do with existing investments in the portfolios.

PrimeInvestor Research Team October 14, 2021 7 Comments

Value of independence - a response to our critics

Short Takes

Value of independence – a response to our critics

A recent ET Wealth study done jointly with us, had many of our distributor and advisor friends lash out at us on social media. The same happened some months ago when we took a firm call on Franklin funds. We thought we should not react but since this appears to be repeating, we decided to ‘respond’.

Vidya Bala October 13, 2021 33 Comments

Mutual funds & ETFs

How you should use sector funds

It’s fairly obvious that sector funds and thematic funds can offer a good avenue to boost returns. Another plus is that these funds give you some control over which sector to hold, based on where you think opportunities are – unlike other equity funds where sector allocations are based on fund manager views.

Bhavana Acharya October 12, 2021 No Comments

Insurance

How to choose the best term insurance plan

It becomes important to choose the best term insurance plan for you given what an important part of your financial security toolkit is, and the fact that term plans are at the moment not portable (ability to move between insurers) like health insurance plans.

Pavithra Jaivant October 12, 2021 No Comments

General

Rights issue: how to approach rights entitlement

The Bharti Airtel rights issue has attracted attention for its sheer size of Rs 21,000 crore, next to Reliance Industries’ rights issue size of over Rs 50,000 crore last year.

Vidya Bala October 10, 2021 4 Comments

PrimeInvestor - Articles and Reports

Are equity markets overheated?

Passive debt funds and how to choose them

What they don’t tell you about credit ratings

Prime update: The Tata group’s ‘clean energy’ club

Prime Recommendation: A fund to move with the market

Prime Stock Recommendation: A financial space disruptor

What is Nifty BeES? – 7 important points to know

Quarterly Review – Changes to Prime Portfolios

Value of independence – a response to our critics

How you should use sector funds

How to choose the best term insurance plan

Rights issue: how to approach rights entitlement

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