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'Can't book profits in stock markets. Need help'

By AJIT MISHRA
December 07, 2020 08:46 IST
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'One of my main concerns is not able to book profits when my stocks are in positive. I am unsure whether to stay or leave and most often i keep staying.'

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Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries:

Anivish khanna: I am a new investor in the stock market like many others during this pandemic. Actually i started investing last year only. Till now i have many stocks in my portfolio and i am a long term investor with average risk taking ability. One of my main concerns is not able to book profits when my stocks are in positive. I am unsure whether to stay or leave and most often i keep staying. 

I also want you to advice of possible to let me know if i can tweak my portfolio a little. Like, selling one or two shares that i hold and buying more of what i already hold. (If this counts as a good decision). I am sharing a list of stocks that i hold and i would like to have your view on the following. I hope to receive a positive response from your side as soon as possible.

 Ajit Mishra:

1) Yes Bank 10000 shares @30 (After averaging) – Risky bet, Exit if not under lock in

2) Varun Beverages 175 shares @560 - Hold

3) Tcs 20 shares @2260 - Hold

4) Sundaram Clayton 40 shares @1734 - Hold

5) Nbcc 2000 shares @39 - Exit

6) Ncc 3000 shares @60- Exit

7) Polycab 40 shares @786- Hold

8) MGL 120 shares @976- Hold

9) Icici prulife 150 shares @360- Hold

10) Bajaj Auto 30 shares @2860- Hold

11) Bajaj Finance 110 shares @2910- Hold

12) Bata India 75 shares @1189- Hold

13) Bharti Airtel 400 shares @541- Hold

14) Brittania 155 shares @2616- Hold

15) Canara Bank 900 shares @105 - Exit

16) Divis lab 200 shares @2360- Hold

17) HEG 250 Shares @1086-Exit

18) Icici Bank 300 shares @353- Hold

19) RIL PP 20 shares @1400- Hold

Anand Sharma: Please suggest on following stock

Ajit Mishra:

1. IOC 200 share @ ₹ 203.50/-- Hold

2. JSW steel 40 share @ ₹ 383/-- Hold

3. M&M 41 share @ ₹ 696.12/-- Hold

4. Reliance 35 share @ ₹ 903/-- Hold

5. Reliance PP 3 share @ ₹ 314.25/-- Hold

6. VEDL 102 share @ ₹ 211.88/-- Prefer Hindalco, Tata Steel

7. Yes bank 65 share @ ₹ 36.02/-- Exit if not under lock in

NITA: OVER THE MORE THAN 20 YEARS ACCUMULATED FOLLOWING SHARES .PLEASE ADVISE. WANT TO RESUFFLE.

Ajit Mishra

EDELWEISS@80@ 48 -- Hold
CPSEETF. 396 @28- Hold

GAIL@34 @ 130 - Hold

GEOJIT 50@112- - Hold

HUB TOWN@6. @560- Exit

HUDCO@200@60 - Exit

JSW STEEL 30@288 - Hold

ISIBARS. 200 @ 10 – Exit

NTPC@120@ 115 - Hold

NTPC N 7@100@13.31 - Hold

LT 60@ 850 - Hold

ONGC. 150@ 148 - Hold

POWER GRID 125@ 110 - Hold

PRAJ IND. 95@. 122 - - Hold

RCOM@229@564 - Exit

REL INFRA. 12 @. 0 - Exit

RHFL@8 @. 0 - Exit

REL CAPITAL. 8 @ 0- Exit

R POWER 195 @ 141 - Exit

VEDL. 10@333 – Prefer Hindalco, Tata steel

SUN PHARMA. 100 @630 Hold

TATA MOTOR DVR 100@ 202 - Hold for atleast 2-3 years

WOCKPHARMA. 50 @ 713 - Hold

Jay Krishnan Nayanar: Can you advise me on the following stocks that I hold:

Ajit Mishra:

1.Adani Enterprises- 14 at Rs 274 - Hold

2.Deepak Nitrite - 100 at Rs 840- Hold

3.Divis Lab - 50 at Rs 3160- Hold

4.GMR Infra- 300 at Rs 22 - Exit

5.IRCTC- 50 at Rs 1358- Hold

6.Wipro -110 at Rs Rs 310- Hold

Ankit Shah: Please suggest if I need to hold/exit below stocks.

Ajit Mishra:

Federal Bank - 500 shares @54.39 - Hold
RBL Bank - 100 shares @181.90- Hold
South Indian Bank - 2000 shares @7.82- Exit
Yes Bank - 306 shares @17.35 – Exit if not under lock in
Varun Beverages - 15 shares @700.45- Hold
India Cements - 100 shares @130.65- Hold
Castrol India - 200 shares @129.60- Hold
RIL- 10 shares @2331.25- Hold
Adani Green Energy - 30 shares @686.25 - Exit

Amit Choudhari: I have 1350 shares of SBI at avg price 204.5; also 45 shares of HDFC @ 1758. I bought this in SEP First week, What should i do? I am OK to hold them as currently i don't need money. Please Advice.

Ajit Mishra: One can hold both these stocks for long term.

Dia ias: Hoping to hear from you soon. I'm holding following shares please suggest to hold or exit:

1. Ashokley 2000 shares @ 95 - - Hold

2. Axis Bank 50 @ 440- Hold

3. BDL 50 @ 470- Hold

4. EXIDEIND 200 @ 25- Hold 8

5. HAL 50 @ 950- Hold

6. HDFC BANK 50 @ 12- Hold 00

7. ICICIBANK 50 @ 382- Hold

8. INFY 10 @ 840- Hold

9. IOC 100 @ 95- Hold

10. L&TFH 100 @ 72- Hold

11. NALCO 50 @ 250- Hold

12. RAMCOCEM 10 @ 685- Hold

13. RIL 30 @ 2000- Hold

14. ROSSARI 10 @ 665- Hold

15. RVNL 100 @ 22- Exit

16. SBI CARDS 50 @ 765- Hold

17. SPIC 100 @ 22 - - Hold

18. TATA STEEL 20 @ 440- Hold

19. WIPRO 20 @ 260- Hold

20. YESBANK 600 @ 14- Exit if not under lock in

21. KOKUYOCMLN 60 @ 66- Exit

22. ONGC 100 @ 80 - Hold

23. Chalet 50 @ 167 - Exit

24. PRESTIGE 10 @ 278- Hold

25. DLF 50 @ 167- Exit

26. CINELINE 50 @ 32 - Exit

27. EKC 50 @ 32 - Exit

28. NFL 100 @ 39 - Exit

29. SHREDIGCEM 100 @ 57 - Hold

30. CONFIPET 100 @22.5 - Exit

31. SUZLON 200 @ 5 - Ext

Shekhar Dahiya: Please advise me on reliance infra Purchase at 37 ; Current price 23; Amount invested 1 lac. 

Ajit Mishra: Exit.

Ganesh Srinivasan: Please advice on below shares, whether to hold or exit.

Ajit Mishra:

Puchase dt Purchase dt Rate Rs. Qty Comments
Kotak Mahindra 07-08-2019 1,466.00 5 Hold
TCS 30-10-2019 2,118.00 10 Hold
HDFC Bank 21-04-2020 910.5 75 Hold
Tata Consumer Products 20-05-2020 354.5 25 Hold
SCUF 03-06-2020 640 30 Exit
Indian Overseas Bank 22-07-2020 10.95 1000 Exit
UPL 04-08-2020 459.8 100 Exit
Shriram Transport Financ 10-08-2020 671 100 Hold
Future Enterprises 31-08-2020 21.1 3000 Exit
RBL Bank Limited 03-09-2020 196 200 Hold
Bharat electornics Ltd 07-09-2020 106 500 Hold
Vodafone 07-09-2020 12.6 500 Exit
Yes bank 11-09-2020 14.35 900 Exit
NCC 11-09-2020 31 900 Exit
IDFC First 14-09-2020 31.25 450 Exit
HDFC Life 16-09-2020 603 50 Hold
Jyothy Labs 16-09-2020 151 200 Hold
Vedanta  17-09-2020 134.05 450 Prefer Hindalco
ITD Cementation 17-09-2020 50 500 Exit
IndusInd Bank 21-09-2020 555 75 Hold

Arshita Singhvi: I have below shares in portfolio all in loss. Please suggest either hold/exit. If hold, for how long? Also, please suggest shares to buy for short term and long term.

Ajit Mishra:

Vikas Multicorporation @21 - Exit
Yes Bank @16- Exit
Kuantam papers @68- Exit

Ankit Mathur: Please suggest appropriate actions for the portfolio.

Objectives:

1. Looking for consolidating it to 20-25 stocks 

2. Investment for 2-5 years

Ajit Mishra:

Instrument Qty. Avg. cost Advise
ABANSENT 858 172.37  Exit
ALOKTEXT 1000 36.46  Exit
AXISBANK 5 417.5  Hold
BAJFINANCE 9 3581.24  Hold
BALAXI-BE 19 752.51  Exit
DCBBANK 5 92.8  Exit
DMART 3 2035.98  Hold
DOLAT 210 56.68  Exit
DWARKESH 90 26.31  Exit
EDUCOMP 22331 4.03  Exit
EICHERMOT 7 2230.77  Hold
FACT 500 47.31  Exit
FRETAIL 300 135.38  Exit
GRAPHITE 200 217.33  Exit
GREENPANEL 342 51.4  Exit
GRSE 655 184.77  Hold
HAL 53 953.84  Hold
HDFC 5 1806.9  Hold
IDEA 10 9.05  Exit
IRCTC 20 1343.85  Hold
ISEC 100 485.14  Hold
NAM-INDIA 160 271.65  Hold
PERMAGN 130 117.13  Exit
PIDILITIND 10 1486.8  Hold
PMCFIN 10358 0.27  Exit
PRADIP 1000 0.71  Exit
PSPPROJECT 10 433.33  Exit
RAMSARUP 3150 0.49  Exit
RNAVAL 3100 3.18  Exit
SBIN 127 208.93  Hold
TVVISION-BE 3000 1.45  Exit

Sakeer Husain: I am a new investor in the stock market, I bought the following scripts, please suggest to hold or sell and please suggest new stock for long term -5+years.

Ajit Mishra:

BHEL 100@ 37/- - Exit

COAL INDIA @125.1- Exit

TNPETRO 250 @ 40.43- Exit

YES BANK@ 16.06- Exit if not under lock in

Shaurya Ruhil: Dear Mr Ajit Mishra, I am holding below shares, request to let me know if I should add, hold or exit

Ajit Mishra:

Yes Bank - Exit

Triveni Engineering- Exit

Meghmani Organics Hold

Tata Motors – Hold for atleast 2-3 years

Dollar industry - Exit

KRBL - Exit

Parag Milk - Exit

Rajesh Exports - Exit

Vodafone Idea - Exit

Alok- Exit

Future consumer- Exit

appu navalagi: Please suggest I have holded the below shares exit or hold

Ajit Mishra:

Axis bank 300qty at 480 - Hold

Sbi bank 300qty at 210- Hold

Avantifeed 150qty at 515- Hold

Vishal Sharma: I am new invester and want to buy share with an horizon on 3-5 years. I have purchased 100 share each of these companies. Should I add more of these shares in my portfolio. Plz suggest some good share for a horizon of 3-5 years.

Ajit Mishra:

1)Granules India Limited @ Rs 365 each - Hold

2)Vishal fabrics ltd @ Rs 311 each. - Exit

UTTAM PRAKASH: I have bought 100 shares of Federal bank @ 108. Should I hold or Exit.

Ajit Mishra: Hold

Puja Vipin: Please give your view on:

Ajit Mishra:

mahabank @ 15.50- 1000 qty - Exit

Dhanbank@ 14.60- 1500qty- Exit

Midhani @ 224-1000qty- Hold

Spic @ 24- 1500 qty- Hold

Prashant Ojha: Below is the shared which I hold since 2016. Pls suggest on that as I have buyed consideration of long term.

Ajit Mishra:

ASHOK LEYLAND LIMITED-330 - Hold

BAJAJ FINANCE LIMITED-10- Hold

BAJAJ FINSERV LIMITED -1- Hold

BANDHAN BANK LIMITED -103- Hold

CSB BANK LIMITED-20- Hold

EICHER MOTORS LIMITED-1- Hold 0

FUTURE RETAIL LIMITED -100- Exit

GENERAL INSURANCE - Exit

CORPORATION OF INDIA-128 - Exit

GRAPHITE INDIA LIMITED -20 - Exit

HDFC BANK LIMITED-60- Hold

HDFC LIFE INSURANCE-52- Hold

HOUSING DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION LIMITED-1- Hold

ICICI BANK LIMITED-10- Hold

ICICI LOMBARD GENERAL- Hold

INSURANCE COMPANY ltd-2

ICICI PRUDENTIAL LIFE- Hold

INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED-4

IDFC FIRST BANK LIMITED-300 - Exit

INFO EDGE (INDIA) LIMITED -4 - Hold

EQUITY SHARES 4

JAI CORP LIMITED -400 - Exit

MOTHERSON SUMI SYSTEMS-200- Hold for atleast 2-3 years

NIPPON LIFE INDIA ASSET-10- Hold

PIRAMAL ENTERPRISES Ltd-20- Hold

RBL BANK LIMITED-10- Hold

RELIANCE INDUSTRIES-70- Hold

SBI CARDS & PAYMENT-25- Hold

SBI LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY-5- Hold

THE NEW INDIA ASSURANCE-108 - Exit

ZEE ENTERTAINMENT-40 - Exit

Sahil Mahajan: I have the following shares, please suggest.

Ajit Mishra:

Ashok Leyland 1350@86 - Hold

Atul 3@4478 - Hold

D-Link india. 220@125 - Exit

Federal bank@280@82 - Hold

Greaves cotton. 50@86- Exit

Gsfc 350@86 - Exit

SBIN@60@212- Hold

NBCC. 220@53- Exit

Manaksiea Steel@200@45 - Exit

J&k Bank 200@29- Exit

Murli Gaggar: After looking at the moving averages of 50 and 200 DMA I purchased the below mentioned stocks for horizon of 1 year from Sep'20. I also apply supertrend will purchasing stocks.

Ajit Mishra:

Insecticide@520@50 - Hold

IDBi@44@500 - Exit

Dhanuka@730@50 Exit

Xelpmoc 300@163 - Exit

PVR@ 1290@45 - Hold

Saksoft. 315@25 - Exit

RBL. 198@100 - Hold

Vivek Brahmavar: Buy/hold/exit?

Ajit Mishra:

Dabur: avg buy price:455 - Hold
Berger:avg buy price:500 - Hold
Huhtamaki ppl: avg buy price: 245 - Hold

arjun satish: I have the following query: Should I average it or sell at current levels, the following stocks. Could you also suggest some companies with good fundamentals in Pharma and power sector for long term perspective

Ajit Mishra:

  •  South Indian Bank 455 @ 13.48rs -Exit
  • Arvind Fashions - 13 @ 798rs-Exit
  • Federal Bank - 45 @ 81.8rs- Hold
  • DhanBank - 210 @ 22.39-Exit
  • VGuard - 10 @ 191rs -Exit
  • Lemon Tree - 200 @ 44.28 rs-Exit
  • Airtel - 5 @ 584 rs - Hold


dheeraj verma: I have 323 shares of yes bank @13.33. what should I do? when should i sell it.I am new to stock market

Ajit Mishra: Exit if not under lock in.

Vasanthkumar Shenoy: Following are my holding.Kindly advice which one are to be disposed off and on which shares I can reinvest.

Ajit Mishra:

Aarti drugs. -6 - Hold

Aarti ind -5- Hold

ADF FOOD 50- Hold

AIMCO PESTICIDE 150Exit

AJANTA PHARMA 10 - Hold

ANUP ENGG 50 - Exit

APLL LTD 40 - Hold

APCO TEX 100 - Exit

APOLLO PIPES - Exit

ARIES 100 Exit

AVANTI FOOD 50 -Hold

BALAJI AMINS 50 Hold

BALASORE LOYS 300 Exit

BHARAT DYNAMICS 50 - Hold

BHARAT FORGE 25 - Hold

BODAL CHEM 100 - Exit

BROWN PHARMA 201 – Exit

CORAL LAB 50 - Exit

DBL 20 - Exit

GULSHSN POLY 100 - Exit

INSECTISIDE 100- Hold

KEC 50 - Hold

KIOCL 100 Exit

KOLTE PATIL 50 - Exit

KPR MILLS 80 - Exit

LAMBODHARA SPIN 100 - Exit

LYKA LAB 50 - Exit

MANGALORE CHEM AND FER 50 - Exit

MIRZA 100 - Exit

MOIL 6P - Hold

MONTECARLO 50 - Exit

NAHAR SPINNG 100- Exit

NATIONAL ALUMINIUM 200 - Hold

NDL 300 - Exit

NELCAST 200 Exit

SHARADA CROP 100 - Hold

I have few more shares all are invested for long term.

I am in this field for last more than 30 years. I need your expert advice . 

I want to invest in pharma sbd IT stockS by disposing off some of the above shares please advice.

saurav sood: Iam investing in stocks from Aug 2020. I have moderate risk profile and long term horizon of 10 to 15 years. My holdings are as follows.

PLEASE REVIEW AND LET ME KNOW WHAT CAN I ADD AND HOW MUCH? ALSO IF I NEED STOPLOSS FOR LONG TERM INVESTING

Ajit Mishra:

ABFRL 50@153.4 - Exit

AXISBANK. 17@475.5 - Hold

BAJAJFINSV. 2@6310- Hold

BAJAJHLDNG@3@2624- Hold

BDL@ 25@310- Hold

BHARTIARTL. 10@4- Hold 97

CHOLAHLDNG. 20@421- Hold

COLPAL@5@1418.5- Hold

DISHTV 100@11.95 Exit

EIHOTEL@ 50@93.5- Exit

FEDERALBNK. 100. 60.5- Hold

FRETAIL@140. 142 - Exit

GODFRYPHLP@8@1000- Hold

HDFC@ 5@1784- Hold

HDFCBANK@21 1064- Hold

HINDUUNILVR@3@2034- Hold

ICICIBANK@ 50@389- Hold

INDHOTEL@ 50@103- Hold

INOXLEISUR. 20@286- Hold

IOC. 110@88- Hold

ITC. 100. 195- Hold

JKPAPER@50. 98 - Exit

LT@14. 902- Hold

MARUTI@5@6860- Hold

NTPC@ 50. 96- Hold

POWERGRID. 50. 17- Hold 5

PVR 7 1353- Hold

RAYMOND 20 292.5 - Exit

RITES 20 241 - Hold

RUPA 3 211 - Exit

SBILIFE 6 852- Hold

SBIN 100 225- Hold

SCI 75 59 - Exit

SMLISUZU 10 462 - - Exit

SPICEJET 100 54 – Hold, but look to exit after decent returns


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

Disclaimer: This article is meant for information purposes only. This article and information do not constitute a distribution, an endorsement, an investment advice, an offer to buy or sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any securities/schemes or any other financial products/investment products mentioned in this QnA or an attempt to influence the opinion or behaviour of the investors/recipients.

Any use of the information/any investment and investment related decisions of the investors/recipients are at their sole discretion and risk. Any advice herein is made on a general basis and does not take into account the specific investment objectives of the specific person or group of persons. Opinions expressed herein are subject to change without notice.

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