Should you still hold these stocks? NO

Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers readers's queries on stocks they own or want to buy.

Here are his replies to some of the 'buy, sell, hold, avoid or exit?' e-mails that we have received.

If you want his advice on your investments, please mail your questions to getahead@rediff.co.in with the subject line, 'Stock Market Query', along with your name, and Ajit Mishra will offer his unbiased views.

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M K N Rao: Please let me know can I hold / sell the following shares which I hold as on today?

Ajit Mishra:

1. Infosys Technologies - 210 Shares - Hold
2. Yes Bank - 1500 Shares - Hold
3. Reliance Power -4000 Shares - Exit
4. L&T Finance -100 Shares - Hold
5. PC Jeweller - 500 Shares - Hold
6 Vodafone/ Idea - 4000 Shares - Hold
7. Ruchi Soya - 1000 Shares - Exit
8. Orchid Pharma- 1000 Shares - Exit

Also I want to buy following, please advise:

Ajit Mishra:

1. HCL Tech – Buy partially at cmp and rest on any dip

2. Tata Motors – Buy only if you have 3-4 year view

3. ICICI Bank - Buy on dips

4. Dmart - Buy

5. HDFC Bank - Buy

Paras: Dear sir, I have the following scrips; shall I hold or exit?

Unity Infra, Lanco Infratech, Sanco Industries, Soma Textiles, HCC, Uttam Value Steels, Elgi Equipments.

Ajit Mishra: Except Elgi Equipment, all stocks should be exited.

Subhasis Mukherjee: I would request your opinion on the following shares that I have been holding.

Ajit Mishra:

1. RESPONSIVE INDUSTRIES @ 103.00 - Exit
2. BEML @ 446 - Hold
3. BGR @ 85 - Exit
4. STRIDES PHARMA @ 418 - Exit
5. MOIL @ 135 - Hold
6. NMDC @ 93 - Hold
7. DLF @ 180 - Hold

SUMEETA: KINDLY GIVE YOUR VALUABLE ADVICE ON MY FOLLOWING HOLDINGS HELD SINCE VERY LONG TIME AND YOUR ALTERNATIVE SWITCH OVERS.

Ajit Mishra:

VARDHMAN ACRYLICS LTD 4000 @ 13 - Exit
PUNJAB ALKALIES & CHEMICALS LTD ( PACL ) 2000 @ 40 - Exit
JINDAL COTEX LTD 1500 @ 95 - Exit
SHREE MAHANAGAR SUGAR MILLS LTD 5000 @ 12 - Exit
SVC INDUSTRIES LTD 4500 @ 5/50 - Exit
STERLING WEBNET LTD 1500 @ 5 - Exit
THE FIRST CUSTODIAN FUND INDIA LTD 500 @ 35 - Exit
OWEAL CHEMICALS & FERTILIZER LTD 500 @ 50 - Exit
IND SWIFT LTD 750 @ 75 – Exit

We would recommend you to stick with quality names like Reliance Industries, Maruti Suzuki, ICICI Bank, Subros, IFB Industries and Dabur

Anil Akerkar: I am holding following stocks. Kindly suggest whether to hold or exit.

Ajit Mishra:

1) GIC Re - Exit

2) Galaxy Surfactants - Hold

3) HDFC AMC - Hold

4) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank - Hold

V Srinivasa Rao:

Ajit Mishra:

Biocon - 1280 no's bought at Rs 197.38 - Hold
Amararaja batteries - 31 no's bought at Rs 621 - Hold
ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund ETF 22 - 528 no's bought at Rs 35.97 - Hold
HBL Power systems limited - 495 no's bought at Rs 38.21 - Exit
HDFC Asset Management Company Limited - 10 no's bought at Rs 1416 - Exit
ITC limited - 30 no's bought at Rs 279.90 - Hold
Kaveri seeds - 45 no's bought at Rs 618.69 (Should i apply for buy back?) – Yes and Exit later
Meghmani organics - Bought 110 no's at Rs 58.31 - Hold
NBCC - 200 no's bought at Rs 53.15 - Exit
NHPC - 150 n's bought at Rs 27.19 - Hold
Power grid - 60 no's bought at Rs 192.13 - Hold
SJVN - 1500 no's bought at Rs 30.43 - Hold

Jyoti Fernandes: I am having 1600 shares of ESSEL PROPACK. Kindly advise if I should HOLD these stocks? And at what level can I EXIT?

Ajit Mishra: Would recommend to exit at current levels

Ashok Sonure: I am having shares of purchase cost since ipo.

Ajit Mishra:

1) ICICI Lombard General Insurance - @Rs660 - Hold

2) Galaxy Surfactant @ 1440 - Hold

3) ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. @330 - Hold

Should I hold it for long term or make profit? – Can book partial, otherwise all these companies strong.

Bhavin: Please advice on below mentioned shareholding by me since long time:

Ajit Mishra:

Gujarat pipivav - Hold
Himandri Speciality Chemical - Hold
CCL product - Hold
Nhpc - Hold
Suven life - Hold
Bodal chemical - Hold
Uflex ltd - Exit
Shalimar paint - Exit
BGR energy - Exit
Morpen lab - Exit

Sai Chakradhar: There have been forged fluctuations with the stocks listed below:

1. Mauriya udyog limited - Exit

2. Agro phos india - Exit

3. 7NR retail - Exit

4. Darjeeling Ropway - Exit

An online company named midcapgains dot in were recommending around (15-20)k retail investors to buy and hold these stocks from last two months and suddenly on 26th dec ie- Thursday, all the stocks tanked down to lower circuit and are continuing hitting lower circuit again and there is no response from the company who was recommending these. All the investors has invested their hard earned money and it totals to 2000 crore + amount. Please help as now we can't sell the stock and it is continuing hitting lower circuit.

Ajit Mishra: We would recommend you exit these stocks as and when you get the opportunity and strictly avoid such stocks in future. Always consult a reliable financial advisor.

Surendra Kumar Upadhyay: I am seeking views on following stock for long terms perspective:

Ajit Mishra:

APM INDUSTRIES LIMITED -Exit
APM FINVEST LIMITED - Exit
BHEL - Exit
GRAPHITE INDIA LIMITED - Hold
CENTURY ENKA LIMITED - Exit
CHENNAI PETROLEUM CORPORATION - Exit
DWARKADEESH SUGAR INDUSTRIES LIMITED - Hold

Vikas Jain: Went through an article on Rediff where you have solved on stock market queries of various investors. I have been investing in mutual funds from last five years and now wanted to start investing in stock market i.e., equity. So kindly share your valuable advice on, as a beginner, which company shares to buy if I look for holding period of at least 2-3 years?

Ajit Mishra: We would recommend you to buy stocks like HDFC Bank, Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, M&M, Subros, IFB Industries, and Dabur at CMP and on dips.

Subramanian Chelliah: I have the holding of the following stocks. Please share your views. I can be able to invest Rs.3000 to Rs.5000/ month for the next 5 years. Please suggest some 3 good stocks and will wait for more than 7 to 10 years' time.

Ajit Mishra:

AB Capital: 77*176.50- Hold
CCCL: 2000*5.61 - Exit
Everest Kanto: 200*17.10 - Exit
Hanung toys: 10*24.85 - Exit
Hindalco: 6*152 - Hold
Hudco: 200*81.85 - Exit
Infosys: 1*654 - Hold
ITC: 2*260.55 - Hold
JM Financial: 100*152.99 - Hold
Lumax Autotech: 30*71.70 - Exit
Manpasand: 70*439.1 - Exit
Rupa and company: 20*429.15 - Exit
Sharda Motor: 4*2578 - Exit
Shivam Auto: 200*99.1 - Exit
Tata Motors: 3*170.5 – Hold – 3-4 years
Yes bank: 62*89.70 – Hold

You can consider doing sip in Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, HDFC Life Insurance

Uttam: Sir, I have query on the below stocks, investment horizon is 3-5 years. Please let me know if I should book profit, hold or exit. Hope you will provide your expert opinion on the above. Thanks a lot!

Ajit Mishra:

1. Rain Industries - Exit
2. Graphite India - Hold
3. Emkay global finance - Exit
4. edelweiss financial – Hold
5. yes bank - Hold
6. Prakash industries - Exit
7. PPAP automotive - Exit
8. Thirumalai chemicals - Exit
9. Avanti feeds - Hold
10. NOCIL - Hold
11. Dmart - Hold
12. Bajaj finance - Hold

S A NARAYANAN: Your advice on these stocks will be much appreciated, Sir! Thanking you very much in anticipation of your valued guidance.

Ajit Mishra:

Adani Ports – 225 - Hold
Arvind Fashions – 27 - Exit
Arvind Ltd – 137 - Exit
BEL – 500 - Hold
Birla Corpn – 50 - Hold
Bodal Chemicals – 95 - Hold
CARE – 29 - Hold
Cholamandalam – 260 - Hold
Coal India – 597 - Exit
DCM Shriram – 20 - Exit
Engineers India – 300 - Hold
Finolex Cables - 139 - Hold
Gabriel – 63 - Hold
GNFC – 122 - Exit
Gulf Oil – 65 - Exit
Granules – 1000 - Hold
IG Petro – 98 - Hold
IDFC First Bank – 5170 - Hold
Ind Bank Housing – 200 - Exit
IGL – 100 - Hold
Indian Bank – 3329 - Exit
India Cements – 186 - Exit
Insecticides – 50 - Hold
ITC – 700 - Hold
Lemon Tree – 65 - Hold
L&T Fin Holdg – 50 - Hold
LIC Hsg – 150 - Hold
MOIL – 102 - Hold
MRPLEASE – 300 - Exit
Muthoot Fin – 80 - Hold
Navin flourine – 60 – Partial Exit
NFCL – 220 – Exit , if its GNFC
NCC – 450 - Exit
Orient Paper – 481 - Exit
Powergrid – 1463 - Hold
Reliance Power – 84 - Exit
Schaffler – 11 - Hold
Sharda CropChem – 99 - Exit
Solar Pharma – 8 - Exit
SRF – 33 - Exit
Strides Pharma – 50 - Exit
Sundaram Clayton – 8 - Exit
Sunflag Iron – 100 -Exit
Talwalkar BVF – 500 - Exit
Talwalkar HC – 500 - Exit
Tata Chemicals – 100 - Hold
Tata Steel Long Products – 25 - Exit
The Anup Engg – 5 - Exit
The Federal Bank – 721 - Hold
The Karur Vysya Bank – 110 - Exit
TNPLEASE – 112 - Exit
TUBE INVESTTS – 86 - Hold
V GUARD – 390 - Hold

Keerthi Charan: I have these stocks and are in down fall right now, please suggest.

Ajit Mishra:

1) jain irrigation. Purchased 5000 shares@18.21 - Exit

2) jm financial. Purchased 120 shares@150 - Hold

3) pokarna. Purchased 50 shares @264 - Exit

Also, please review below SIP portfolio for long term:

Ajit Mishra: Can’t comment on mutual funds.

1) Mirae asset emerging blue chip - Direct(G), 5k per month

2) SBI small cap fund - Direct(D), 5k per month

3) uti nifty 50 index fund - Direct, 2k per month

4) icici pru next 50 index fund - Direct, 2k per month

Uday Panse: I would like to invest Rs 10 lakh in stocks with long-term view. Can you suggest specific shares?

Ajit Mishra: You may consider Reliance Industries, ICICI bank, Axis Bank, HDFC Life Insurance, Reliance Nippon, Maruti, M&M, KEI Industries, Dabur, Marico, IFB Industries.

Madhusoodanan K P: I have an investment horizon of above 3 years and I hold the following shares@ cost mentioned. Kindly advice the action to be taken in these:

Ajit Mishra:

COAL INDIA @ 266 - Exit
GLENPHARMA @ 498 - Exit
ADANI PORT @ 409 - Hold
SPICJET @ 112 - Hold
ERILIFE @ 417 - Hold
CYIENT TECH @ 506 - Exit
BANDHAN BANK @ 534 - Hold
KEC INTERNATIONAL @ 310 - Hold
GODFREY PHILLIPS @ 1326 - Hold
ASIAN PAINTS @ 1814 - Hold

Jayachandran K: I have bought yes bank shares at 49. Please advise if it is good to hold for 1 year. Also let me know which good stocks to invest in for 1-year period. I'm planning to invest 50k. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Ajit Mishra: You may hold Yes Bank. One can invest in stocks like Reliance Industries, ICICI bank, M&M, IFB Industries and Dabur.

RP: I have the following scrips in my equity portfolio. Kindly suggest what should be the strategy for these scripts in the near future? Shall I hold or sell?

Ajit Mishra: For 9-12 months this is our view

Endurance Technologies - Hold
TALBROS AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS - Exit
BANDHAN BANK LIMITED –Hold
Can fin homes - Exit
CENTRUM CAPITAL LIMITED- Exit
GIC housing finance - Exit
GENERAL Insurance Corp - Exit
Lakshmi Vilas bank - Exit
Deepak Nitrate - Hold
GNFC - Exit
GSFC - Exit
Nocil - Hold
RCF - Exit
SH SHELKAR & CO - Exit
Dilip buildcon - Exit
FIRSTSOURCE - Exit
BEL - Hold
ADF FOODS - Exit
MPS LTD - Exit
TinPleaseate - Exit
IRCTC - Hold
Mandhana retail ventures - Exit
Sakuma exports - Exit
JHS SVENDGAARD LABORATORIES - Exit
Kopran - Exit
Marksans pharma - Exit
EMMBI INDUSTRIES LTD - Exit
Archies - Exit
Avenue Supermart –Hold
Titaghar wagon ltd - Exit
Onmobile global - Exit
Sterlite technologies - Exit
Welspun India - Exit
Indian terrain fashion ltd - Exit

Manish Vichare: Read your article and your advice on the Internet and very impressed by your analysis. Could you please tell me about these stocks which I am currently holding?

Ajit Mishra:

BLS INTERNATIONAL SERVICES LTD - Exit
EICHER MOTORS LTD - Hold
Aditya birla capital - Hold
HBL Nife Power System - Exit
HUDCO - Exit
JK Tyres - Hold
VA Tech Wabagltd - Exit

Arun Bhatavdekar: I am holding following shares in my trading account. Can you please suggest me about my below mentioned shares whether to hold them or sell them.

Ajit Mishra:

1) GVK Power - 530 shares purchased at 16 Rs. - Exit
2) GMR Infra - 600 shares purchased at 33.75 Rs. Exit
3) JP Associates - 195 shares purchased at 13 Rs. Exit
4) JP Infra - 200 shares purchased at 22.28 Rs. Exit
5) Suzlon - 400 shares purchased at 11.32 Rs. Exit

Maneesh Menon: I have 1000 shares of Union Bank @ 81. Am willing to wait. What should I do? How is HG Infra Engineering to enter now?

Ajit Mishra: Exit/avoidboth these stocks

Ravish Nair: Please give your advice on the stocks which I should hold for long term.

Ajit Mishra:

Everest Kanto Cylinder- 427 shares @ 42 - Exit
Signet Industries- 245 shares @ 79 - Exit
Jai corporation- 20 share @ 160 - Exit
Skipper Ltd- 101 share @ 111 - Exit

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