
Prime Recommendation: Play the economic growth with this ETF
As India’s economic activity picks up pace after being in deep freeze during Covid, investors have been hunting for sectors that can ride this recovery.

As India’s economic activity picks up pace after being in deep freeze during Covid, investors have been hunting for sectors that can ride this recovery.

If you are an NRI, the chances are that you usually keep an eye out for places to park your surplus earnings in India that are safe, will protect you from exchange rate changes and fetch a respectable return. You probably already have NRE deposits and FCNR(B) deposits, the bank FD equivalents for NRIs. But did you know that there have been recent regulatory relaxations by RBI that give you a window of opportunity to lock into higher rates on these tried and tested savings tools? Here is a closer look.

Manufacturing is back in favour in the stock market, largely driven by cyclicals such as auto, auto components, industrials and capital goods. In this report, we discuss in detail the prospects for the manufacturing space and how to play it through a thematic fund that we added a month ago in Prime Funds.

This article reviews the IFFCO Tokio Critical Illness Benefit Policy which we think ticks the boxes on simplicity and generous sum insured. Here is a detailed look :

In this analysis, we look at indices on the ‘Quality’ factor. There are two NFOs running now – DSP Midcap 150 Quality 50 Index fund (there’s already the ETF version of this) and Aditya Birla SL Nifty 200 Quality 30. These two indices join the Nifty 100 Quality 30 index, on which there is an already existing ETF (from Edelweiss).

The stock has corrected 15% since our recommendation. We initiated our call just a day before the Q4FY22 results when the industry scenario was getting significantly better for the General Insurance companies post Covid.

Manufacturing is the new favourite keyword in the market. If you have noticed the narratives of many money managers as well as the portfolios of funds, you will find that the manufacturing space is gaining favour.

It is true that debt funds have been a washout in the past 3 years. For an investment of 1-2 years, FDs would have marginally (although not significantly enough) returned higher than liquid and ultra short duration funds.

Eighteen months ago, it would have been difficult to imagine that there would be a time when debt investors in India would be spoilt for

In this quarter’s review, we have made some changes to Prime Portfolios to replace underperforming funds with newer ones. We have explained whether you need to exit or hold the funds we have removed.

We have only a few changes this quarter with some interesting additions in the equity aggressive category and in debt as well. We have also added a couple of themed funds to capture a visible up trend in the economic activity.

As a part of PrimeInvestor’s bond recommendations, we’ve been highlighting attractive investment opportunities in government securities (g-secs) in recent months. We actively track primary auctions of government bonds on the RBI Retail Direct platform to give you these calls. (Read this article on how to buy G-Secs)
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