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Ask Gaurav: Advice for not-so aggressive investors

December 15, 2020 07:30 IST

Gaurav Garg, Head of Research, CapitalVia, answers readers's stock market queries

Please mail your questions to getahead@rediff.co.in with the subject line 'Ask Gaurav', along with your name, and Gaurav Garg will offer his unbiased views.

Investing tips

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Shrikant Deshpande: Please advise on these stocks

Gaurav Garg:

1. ROUTE MOBILE: Hold with closing stop loss of 885

2. CAMS: Hold with closing stop loss of 1385

3. EQUITAS SFB: Hold with closing stop loss of 34

4. HINDALCO: Exit

5. INFY: Hold with closing stop loss of 1050

6. IOC: Hold with closing stop loss of 83

7. ONGC: Hold with closing stop loss of 64

8. RIIL: Hold with closing stop loss of 348

9. VEDL: Exit

10. BOB: Hold with closing stop loss of 50

11. J&K BNK: Hold with closing stop loss of21

12. RSSOFTWARE: Hold with closing stop loss of 18

13. RVNL: Hold with closing stop loss of 18

14. GOKEX: Hold with closing stop loss of 68

15. YESBNK: Hold with closing stop loss of 14

16. SUZLON: Exit

17. VAKRANGEE: Hold with closing stop loss of 26

18. ALLCARGO:  Hold with closing stop loss of 115

19. IDEA: Hold with closing stop loss of 7.60

20. EMCO: Exit

21. ONMOBILE: Hold with closing stop loss of 39.50

22. SBICARD: Hold with closing stop loss of 770

23. HUDCO: Hold with closing stop loss of 30

24. COCHIPSHIP: Hold with closing stop loss of 330

25. ABC: Hold with closing stop loss of 79

EDUCOMP: Hold with closing stop loss of 2.40

Anil shah: Please guide me on following shares held by me.

Gaurav Garg:
1. Asian Paints: Hold with closing stop loss of 2250
2. Aurobindo Pharma: Hold with closing stop loss of 738
3. Birla Corp: Hold with closing stop loss of 700

Rajaraman Janakiraman: I have the below stocks, please let me know can I hold/accumulate/Exit from these stocks.

Gaurav Garg:

Dolat Investments - 200 @Avg Cost 45.20: Hold with closing stop loss of 41

Hindustan Oil Corporation - 100 @ Rs 66.37: Hold with closing stop loss of 198

 

Shankar B: Can you please let me know your views from the perspective of long term investment on the following scrips:

Gaurav Garg:

L & T Finance Holdings Limited: Hold with closing stop loss of 71

Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited: Hold with closing stop loss of 155

 

Gaurav Garg:

S VISWANATHAN: I am already having a Demat account with Icici bank. I would like purchase Global stocks like Amazon, Microsoft etc. through global trading option. Pl suggest if it is worth trading in global stocks.

Gaurav Garg:

Nowadays, a lot of people are investing in global stocks. It can give you good diversification; however, it is also important to track the background of the company before investing. Also, there are a lot of mutual funds which have started investing in global securities and hence if you do not want to research on individual stocks, you can look at investing through these mutual funds as well.

Bhavesh daftary: I am having 100 shares of infinite computer solutions india ltd which is now delisted. What should I do now? 

Gaurav Garg: Infinite Computer Solutions India is not traded on BSE in the last 30 days, there is not enough data available to comment on this scrip.

Kumar Prasad Telikepalli: I am holding:

Gaurav Garg:

1) 200 SBI: Hold with closing stop loss of 235

2) 675 Jain irrigation: Hold with closing stop loss of 12.50

3) 1400 Mahindra: Hold with closing stop loss of 690

4) 10 Maruthi Suzuki: Hold with closing stop loss of 6750

5) 550 Tata Motors: Hold with closing stop loss of 150

SHAKTIKUMAR VINODCHANDRA RAJPURA: Kindly advice on the following shares:

Gaurav Garg:

1. Aditya Birla Capital - 275 shares - Avg. Buying price: Rs. 158/-: Hold with closing stop loss of 79
2. Bank of Baroda - 350 shares - Avg. Buying price: Rs. 93/-: Hold with closing stop loss of 51
3. IDFC first bank - 1700 shares - Avg. Buying price: Rs. 36/-: Hold with closing stop loss of 33
4. Mercator Limited - 1800 shares - Avg. Buying price: Rs. 18/- Exit

Santosh Prabhu: Sir i love for long term investment. sir i will be very much obliged if you suggest me 4-5 names of long term shares which give me some gain of profit.

Gaurav Garg: Following stocks might give good returns if held for long term:

  1. Berger Paints
  2. BSE
  3. CDSL
  4. UPL
  5. MGL

R N Mittra: Motilal Oswal has a plan under which Rs. 5L is to be deposited with them in demat and they will trade IN BLUECHIP FUNDS only and give the returns.

Is it a good investment?

Gaurav Garg: Bluechip might be a good investment option for long term time horizon. However, I will suggest looking at the portfolio constituents in order to track its performance and be aware of where your money is going to be invested.

What annual return can be expected?

Gaurav Garg: A good mutual fund should deliver 12%-14% for CAGR. However these kind of returns should be expected over a long time horizon (10+ years). Also, one should be fully aware of the fact that there can be phases where the portfolio returns can turn negative.

I have invested in Kotak small cap PMS and ICICI Infrastructure PMS on advice of my Financial Advisor 3-4 years back and now there is a heavy loss and even capital has eroded. What should I do now? I know it was big mistake by Advisor for whatever reasons.

Gaurav Garg: Last three year were not good for small caps therefore I will suggest to hold your portfolio for longer term in order to generated healthy returns. Also, you should not invest more than 20% of your entire investment amount in small-caps if you are not an aggressive investor.

Ved Chaudhary: I am having 150 shares of Symphony since 2018 bought @ Rs1700. Currently it is going down. Is it advisable to hold it or sell off. I can hold for 5+ years if it has chances to go up please advice?

Gaurav Garg: Stock is forming base in the zone of 750, you should try to accumulate stock at lower levels, there is no such fundamental flaws in company. It would be better to hold for long term.


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