Ask Ajit: Stocks to buy, sell, or hold

'I am new to investment.'
'Hence, you will find lot of mistakes in my stock picks and timing.'
'Please suggest my actions, keeping in mind a probable market crash.'

Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com

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

Venkatesh Ramanath: Please advice: Holding 100 shares of I.O.L @877.

Ajit Mishra: Exit the stock

Amit Agarwal: Want suggestions for following whether or hold, sell or average out.

Ajit Mishra:

Tata motors 100@ 135	Hold
Karnataka Bank 100@ 87	Exit
Meghmani organic 50@ 84	Exit
Tamil Nadu petroproducts 300@ 73	Exit
Adf food 30@333	Exit
Archidply industries 200@115	Exit
MEP infrastructure 100@33	Exit
Den network 50@ 136	Exit
Engineers India 100@ 102	Exit

Arindam Datta: I am new to investment. Just a learner. Hence you will find lot of mistakes in my stock picks and timing. Please suggest my actions, keeping in mind a probable market crash. Please suggest your advice.

Ajit Mishra:

Alkyle Amines @ 3081	Hold
Bajaj Finance @ 3469	Hold
Bajaj Finserve @ 6013	Hold
Bharti Airtel @ 493	Hold
CCL Product Ind LTD @ 255	Hold
Coromandel International @ 736	Hold
Deepak Nitrite @ 815	Hold
Emmbi Industries Ltd @ 78	Exit
Federal Bank @ 56	Exit
GMM PFAUDLER @ 4246	Hold
Gail India @ 90	Hold
Galaxy Surfactant @ 1808	Hold
Granules India @ 387	Hold
HDFC BANK @ 1090	Hold
HDFC LIFE @ 576	Hold
HDFC @ 1742	Hold
ICICI BANK @ 382	Hold
IDBI BANK @ 38.32	Exit
Indian Oil Corporation @ 39	Hold
Infosys @ 996	Hold
Ircon International @ 85	Exit
Kalpataru power @ 246	Exit
LT Technology Services @ 1762	Hold
Motilal Oswal Financial services @ 679	Hold
Navin Fluorine @ 1964	Hold
Reliance industries @ 2185	Hold
Repco Home Finance @ 180	Exit
SBI LIFE @ 841	Hold
Sonata Software @ 351	Hold
Tata Power @ 60	Hold
Time Technoplast @ 45	Exit
Uflex Limited @ 333	Hold
Vodafone Idea @ 8.90	Exit

Naresh Kumar: Sir pls suggest of my holding. What is future in next 1 yrs

Bpcl 1575@450

Ibulhouing 1570@184

Ajit Mishra: Hold both

jagadish garudachar: I hold 225 numbers of L&T shares trading now around Rs 950. Should I hold it or sell it or acquire some more?

Ajit Mishra: Hold the stock and also you can add on dips in staggered manner

Istehsan Mirza: I am new to stock market. I have started my stock market journey recently before five months. Kindly have a look at my portfolio and let me know what you think.

Ajit Mishra:

1. AlkylAmine	Hold
2. AsianPaints	Hold
3. BhartiAirtel	Hold
4. Britannia	Hold
5. DivisLabs	Hold
6. HclTech	Hold
7. HdfcAmc	Hold
8. Hindunilvr	Hold
9. Infy	Hold
10. Itc	Add
11. Kansainer	Hold
12. LT	Hold
13. Mindtree	Hold
14. NTPC	Exit
15. RIL (25% allocation avg 2170)	Hold
16. Tata motors	Hold
17. TCS	Hold
18. Titan	Hold
19. Coal India	Exit

Ravi kumar: Please suggest- I hold some of the following stocks at following price. What should I do?

Ajit Mishra:

PNB @49 per share	Exit
Yes @19 Rs per share	Exit
ICICI@400 Rs	Hold
SBI @216 Rs	Hold
Jain @26 Rs	Exit
Bhel @ 28.4 Rs	Exit
Rel Infra @53 Rs	Exit

Pankaj Sinha: Please advise with long term prospective

Ajit Mishra:

1.Aurobindo pharma 100@387	Hold
2.Advani hotel 100@32	Exit
3.Acrycil 50 @ 111	Exit
4.Avanti feeds 57 @ 323	Exit
5.Bajaj consumer 50 @ 175	Exit
6. BEML 46 @ 631	Hold
7. Castrol172 @ 108	Hold
8.Coal India 125@127	Exit
9. Concor100@382	Hold
10.DCM Sriram 91 @ 348	Exit

Hiten Parekh: Request your views on my holdings:

Ajit Mishra:

Indiamart 51 @ 4958/	Hold for long term
Credit Access 230 @ 907/
Bajaj Finance 155 @ 4664/
RIL 45 @ 2241/

NISHANT DASH: Sir, I have the following shares in my portfolio. Plz suggest how long will I hold and when to exit. Also plz suggest which one to add more. Kindly suggest which finance shares to buy

Ajit Mishra: Stocks to be hold with minimum time horizon of 1-2 years. In finance you can buy ICICI Bank, Axis Bank and HDFC in a staggered manner

1) Ashok Leyland 50@83	Hold
2) Cadilla 50@412	Hold
3) Glenmark 100@497	Hold
4) Idfc firstbank 500@31	Exit
5) Mothersumi 100@105	Hold
6)Granules 50@ 380	Hold
7) Vedl 100@105.	Exit

Rahul Patil: Please suggest way forward for my below stock holding...i am beginner at stock market..i read your opinion regards to all stock related queries. please help me for my portfolio.

Ajit Mishra:

Page industries - 1 share @20761.90	Hold
UTI amc - 27 shares @554	Hold
PVR - 4 shares @ 1316.95	Hold
HUL 2 shares @2188.75	Hold
Wipro 10 shares @365 - apply for buyback	Hold
Tata motors 10 shares @138.70	Hold
Mazgaon dock 7 shares @ 206.95	Hold
Ashok leyland 10 shares @75.95	Hold
Edelwiss 10 shares @62.35	Exit
Spice jet 10 shares @46.8	Exit

Jankit Soni: Kindly advise whether to hold or sell following:

Ajit Mishra:

1. Angel broking 49 nos. @ 306rs	Hold
2. Bharti Airtel 22 nos. @ 424rs	Hold
3. Central bank 42nos. @ 16.29rs	Exit
4. IOCL 28 nos. @ 81.65rs	Exit
5. idfc first 35nos. @ 29.93rs	Exit
6. Meghmani Organ. 22nos @ 68rs	Exit
7. Sail 20nos. @ 41.25rs	Exit

Om Gupta: I have purchased 100 shares of PI Industries@1700/-. Please advise whether to hold or to exit at current rates to book profits.

Ajit Mishra: You can Hold for long term

bhaskar: What are your long term views on the stocks I hold?

Ajit Mishra:

ITC	Hold
KJARIA	Hold
VIP	Hold
EXIDE	Hold
Mother-son sumi	Hold
Bhel	Exit
Abb	Hold
Power grid	Hold
Sagar cements	Hold

Priyanka Goenka: Right now I am holding following shares: Can you please suggest if I can hold/ switch/sell?

Ajit Mishra:

Sumitomo Chemical India: 10 shares @280.95	Hold
VI: 600 shares @9.46	Exit
Take solutions: 1971 shares @ 49.28	Exit
Ln T finance holding: 43 shares @ 66.77	Hold
Coal India: 491 shares @ 130.61	Exit
Reliance Infra: 547 shares @30.58	Exit
Alok indus: 188 shares @ 26.89	Exit
Deccan gold mines: 157 shares @15.51	Exit
Tata motors: 79 @143.47	Hold

You can invest in stocks such as Dabur, Britannia, M&M (on dips), Inox Leisure, ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Ambuja cements, Reliance Industries, Ramco cements, Bharti Airtel, IRCTC, Alembic pharma, Natco Pharma for long term.

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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