<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Sectoral Views on WebNotes</title><link>https://v2.webnotes.in/categories/sectoral-views/</link><description>Recent content in Sectoral Views on WebNotes</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-IN</language><lastBuildDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://v2.webnotes.in/categories/sectoral-views/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>PPFAS view on banking and financials</title><link>https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-view-on-banking-financials/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-view-on-banking-financials/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;PPFAS view on banking and financials&lt;/strong&gt; is the body of investment reasoning through which &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-mutual-fund/"&gt;PPFAS Mutual Fund&lt;/a&gt;
 has built and maintained substantial positions in Indian &lt;strong&gt;banking and financial-services&lt;/strong&gt; equities at the &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/parag-parikh-flexi-cap-fund/"&gt;Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund&lt;/a&gt;
, including the long-running positions in &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/hdfc-bank-at-ppfcf/"&gt;HDFC Bank&lt;/a&gt;
, &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/icici-bank-at-ppfcf/"&gt;ICICI Bank&lt;/a&gt;
, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited and Bajaj Holdings and Investment Limited. The banking-and-financials view is structurally consistent with the broader &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-investment-philosophy/"&gt;PPFAS investment philosophy&lt;/a&gt;
 of &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-value-investing/"&gt;value investing&lt;/a&gt;
, &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-margin-of-safety/"&gt;margin of safety&lt;/a&gt;
, &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-focused-portfolio/"&gt;focused portfolio&lt;/a&gt;
 construction and the &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-owner-mindset/"&gt;owner mindset&lt;/a&gt;
 framework, and has been articulated through monthly factsheet commentary by Chief Investment Officer &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/rajeev-thakkar-ppfas/"&gt;Rajeev Thakkar&lt;/a&gt;
 and at the PPFAS Annual Unitholders&amp;rsquo; Meet by the broader investment team.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>PPFAS view on consumption stocks</title><link>https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-view-on-consumption-stocks/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-view-on-consumption-stocks/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;PPFAS view on consumption stocks&lt;/strong&gt; is the body of investment reasoning through which &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-mutual-fund/"&gt;PPFAS Mutual Fund&lt;/a&gt;
 has periodically built and maintained substantial positions in Indian &lt;strong&gt;consumption-sector&lt;/strong&gt; equities at the &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/parag-parikh-flexi-cap-fund/"&gt;Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund&lt;/a&gt;
, including the long-running &lt;strong&gt;contrarian-build ITC Limited&lt;/strong&gt; position that grew to a top-three portfolio holding during periods of consumer-staples underperformance, and periodic positions in Maruti Suzuki India Limited, Mahindra and Mahindra Limited and Hero MotoCorp Limited across the automotive sub-sector. The consumption-sector view is structurally consistent with the broader &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-investment-philosophy/"&gt;PPFAS investment philosophy&lt;/a&gt;
 of &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-value-investing/"&gt;value investing&lt;/a&gt;
, &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-margin-of-safety/"&gt;margin of safety&lt;/a&gt;
, &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-contrarian-investing/"&gt;contrarian investing&lt;/a&gt;
, &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-focused-portfolio/"&gt;focused portfolio&lt;/a&gt;
 construction and the &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-owner-mindset/"&gt;owner mindset&lt;/a&gt;
 framework.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>PPFAS view on Indian PSUs</title><link>https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-view-on-indian-psus/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-view-on-indian-psus/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;PPFAS view on Indian PSUs&lt;/strong&gt; is the body of investment reasoning through which &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-mutual-fund/"&gt;PPFAS Mutual Fund&lt;/a&gt;
 has periodically built and maintained substantial positions in Indian &lt;strong&gt;Public Sector Undertaking (PSU)&lt;/strong&gt; equities at the &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/parag-parikh-flexi-cap-fund/"&gt;Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund&lt;/a&gt;
, including the long-running positions in &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/parag-parikh-flexi-cap-fund/"&gt;Coal India&lt;/a&gt;
, Power Grid Corporation of India, NTPC and ONGC, together with periodic positions in additional PSU names. The PSU view is structurally consistent with the broader &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-investment-philosophy/"&gt;PPFAS investment philosophy&lt;/a&gt;
 of &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-value-investing/"&gt;value investing&lt;/a&gt;
, &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-margin-of-safety/"&gt;margin of safety&lt;/a&gt;
 and &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-contrarian-investing/"&gt;contrarian investing&lt;/a&gt;
, and has been articulated continuously through monthly factsheet commentary by Chief Investment Officer &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/rajeev-thakkar-ppfas/"&gt;Rajeev Thakkar&lt;/a&gt;
 and at the PPFAS Annual Unitholders&amp;rsquo; Meet by the broader investment team.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>PPFAS view on technology stocks</title><link>https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-view-on-technology-stocks/</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-view-on-technology-stocks/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;PPFAS view on technology stocks&lt;/strong&gt; is the body of investment reasoning through which &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-mutual-fund/"&gt;PPFAS Mutual Fund&lt;/a&gt;
 has built and maintained substantial positions in &lt;strong&gt;technology-sector equities&lt;/strong&gt; at the &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/parag-parikh-flexi-cap-fund/"&gt;Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund&lt;/a&gt;
, spanning both the &lt;strong&gt;foreign-core technology allocation&lt;/strong&gt; in US-listed mega-cap technology and consumer-digital franchises (&lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/alphabet-at-ppfcf/"&gt;Alphabet at PPFCF&lt;/a&gt;
, &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/microsoft-at-ppfcf/"&gt;Microsoft at PPFCF&lt;/a&gt;
, &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/amazon-at-ppfcf/"&gt;Amazon at PPFCF&lt;/a&gt;
, &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/meta-platforms-at-ppfcf/"&gt;Meta Platforms at PPFCF&lt;/a&gt;
) and the &lt;strong&gt;Indian information-technology services holdings&lt;/strong&gt; at Infosys Limited, Tata Consultancy Services Limited, HCL Technologies Limited and Persistent Systems Limited. The technology-sector view is structurally consistent with the broader &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-investment-philosophy/"&gt;PPFAS investment philosophy&lt;/a&gt;
 of &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-value-investing/"&gt;value investing&lt;/a&gt;
, &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-margin-of-safety/"&gt;margin of safety&lt;/a&gt;
, &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-focused-portfolio/"&gt;focused portfolio&lt;/a&gt;
 construction and the &lt;a href="https://v2.webnotes.in/ppfas-owner-mindset/"&gt;owner mindset&lt;/a&gt;
 framework.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>