'Can I invest in the stockmarket now?'

As the bellwether BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty trade above all time highs, readers worry about the stocks they should buy, hold or exit now.

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

Alok Nigam: Have PEL @1367 Qty-700. Kindly suggest what to do?

Ajit Mishra: Hold the stock for long term

Nikunj Vedak: Kindly guide regarding following holding. If you can suggest I can add/average or replace the stock. My horizon is more than 10 years.

Ajit Mishra:

SONATA SOFT: 5500 @ 295	Hold
ITC: 4500 @ 215	Exit
NALCO: 20000 @ 46	Hold
HPCL: 2250 @ 255	Hold
HDFC LIFE: 800 @ 410	Hold
IBULLHSGF: 1550 @ 500	Exit
M&M Fin: 815 @ 130	Hold
YES BANK: 4500 @ 15	Hold
VODAFONE-IDEA: 11000 @ 9.3	Hold
HDFC AMC: 48 @ 1800	Hold
McDowell: 400 @ 595	Exit
ABBOT: 1 @ 18000	Hold
P&GHH: 1 @ 10150	Hold
SANOFI: 1 @ 8800	Hold
PFIZER: 2 @ 4200	Hold
HIKAL: 100 @ 165	Hold
AARTI DRUGS: 9 @ 3030	Hold
TTK PRESTIGE: 2 @ 5600	Hold
CLARIANT CHEM: 300 @ 585	Hold
CRISIL: 5 @ 1880	Exit

vishal vats: I have these shares. Should I sell both of them or hold.

Ajit Mishra:

Axis bank 70 shares @462.50: Hold

BHEL 145 share@ 38.16: Exit

R J Palat: Need your advice on the following holdings and what more should I invest for 2-3 years, and for 5 lacs? Await your directions

Ajit Mishra: Apart from your portfolio, you can further invest in stocks such as Bata, Britannia, Bharti Airtel, Ashok Leyland, Crompton Consumers and Dabur. Buy the stocks in a staggered manner for the long term.

1. Auropharma 20	Hold
2. Bajaj Con 50	Hold
3. BOB 200	Exit
4. BEL 50	Exit
5. BHARAT FORGE 20	Hold
6. BSOFT 100	Hold
7. COCHIN SHIP 20	Exit
8. CYIENT 45	Hold
9. DELTACORP 100	Exit
10. FSL 50	Hold
11. GOLDIAM 50	Exit
12. GSPL 20	Exit
13. JYOTHYLAB 50	Exit
14. M&M FIN 50	Hold
15. MANALI PETRO 200	Exit
16. NCC 100	Exit
17. PACL 200	Exit
18. RECLTD 50	Hold
19. VRL LOG 20	Exit

Uday Kiran: I have bought these shares. Please say your feedback sir regarding these shares.

Ajit Mishra:

Yes bank 30 @13R.s	Hold
Bharath electronics 10 @ 111.53 r.s	Exit
Birla soft 50 @ 155r.s	Hold
Marathon nextgen 10 @ 63 r.s	Exit
Glenmark 50 @ 423 r.s	Hold
Firstsour.solu 30@ 54r.s	Hold
Himadri specialty 30@ 46 r.s	Exit
Itc 100 @ 199 r.s	Exit
SpiceJet 50 @ 51 r.s	Exit
Tata power 50 @ 56 r.s	Hold
Times guranty 20@ 27r.s	Exit

ABHIJIT ZENDE: I hold 1000 shares of Jain Irrigation Systems shares @ Rs. 31.19. Please advice if I should exit or average it and then exit. Thanks for your valuable guidance.

Ajit Mishra: Exit the stock

mohit makwana: I have invested in following companies. Plz let me know which stock to hold and which one to exit.

Ajit Mishra:

Relaxo Footwear	2 shares @633	- Hold
Federal Bank	36 shares @ 54	- Exit
HindalCo	17 shares @ 172	- Hold
Relaince Industries	2 shares @ 2086	- Hold
Titan Co	4 shares @. 1083.65	- Hold

Anujam Venketesh: I hold below shares please let me know your opinion. I can hold for decent time but want to invest more money in shares however cannot as all above shares stand still whether market up or down. Please suggest

Ajit Mishra:

Adani power 101 @ 27.555	Exit
edelwiss fin 200 @277	Exit
elecon eng 200@69	Exit
HBL power 1000 @ 50	Exit
L& T 15 @ 1077	Hold
minda industr 225@263	Hold
pc jeweller 100@ 150	Exit
punjab nat bank 100 @ 82	Exit
sanwaria cons 500 @ 14	Exit
south indian bank 500@18	Exit
sun pharma 11 @853	Hold
suzlon energy 1000 @ 9.55	Exit
suzlon energy 1051 @ 23.19	Exit
Tata motors 100 @284	Exit
tech mahindr 20 @ 534	Hold
texamco rail 50@ 147	Exit
vedanta 50 @208	Exit
viceroy hotels 1500@ 8.36	Exit
zicom electronics 25@ 130	Exit

wadawadagi c m: Sir please advise for long term investment.

Ajit Mishra:

Pnb @75/- 6000 nos	Exit
IOC@120/-2000 nos	Hold
Nalco@50/- 4000 nos	Hold
Mother son sumos @155/- 2000 nos	Exit
Ashok buildcon @120/_750 nos	Exit
Ashok Leyland@90/-3000 nos	Hold
L&T fin @85/- 2000 nos	Hold

URMIL PATEL: Hi. I got your reference from my friend. I am sharing my portfolio. I want to invest 2,00,000/- more for 6 months. Please guide me further, what to do? Hope for your support.

Ajit Mishra:

1. Alok industries. 500 share @ 38/-	Exit
2. BHEL 300 share@36.50	Exit
3. Carborunudum Universal 50 share @ 286/-	Exit
4. Coal india 50 share@ 139/-	Exit
5. DLF 100@ 164/-	Exit
6. Federal bank 200@ 54/-	Exit
7. Gail India 100@ 102/-	Hold
8. HDC ASSET management 5@ 3200/-	Hold
9. ICICI securities @28 520/-	Hold
10. IDBI bank 200@ 45/-	Exit
11. Maithan Alloy 25@ 610/-	Exit
12. NIPPOn ETF gold 500@ 47.5	Hold
13. Rallis india 100@ 322/-	Hold
14. RCI industries 100@ 222/-	Hold
15. RVNL 300@ 20.20/-	Exit
16. Supreme Petrochemical 50@ 400/-	Hold
17. Vodaphone 500@ 10.5/-	Hold
18. Yes bank 300@15.50/-	Hold

You can further invest in stocks such as Bata, Britannia, Bharti Airtel, Ashok Leyland, Crompton Consumers, Kansai Nerolac, Sudarshan Chemical and Dabur. Buy the stocks in staggered manner for long term.

Tanmoy Sarkar: Request your views on following shares for a long term (3+ years. Apologies for a little long list.

Ajit Mishra:

SCRIP	QTY	AVG BUY PRICE	ADVISE
TCS	1,000	121.27	Hold
L&T	2,000	293.29	Hold
RELIANCE IND.	676	221.61	Hold
BAJAJ FINANCE	340	1,498.84	Hold
AVENUE SUPERMARTS LTD	500	1,157.15	Hold
HDFC BANK	1,270	651.62	Hold
INFOSYS	1,080	546.64	Hold
TITAN	342	555.77	Hold
KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK	350	942.97	Hold
ULTRATECH CEMENT	40	67	Hold
WHIRLPOOL OF INDIA	200	1,511.78	Hold
SBI	1,000	108.6	Hold
HDFC LIFE INSURANCE	500	393.11	Hold
L&T INFOTECH LTD	75	1,568.66	Hold
PERSISTENT SYSTEMS	100	579.05	Hold
HCL TECHNOLOGIES	300	567.13	Hold
TATA CONSUMER PRODUCTS	150	349.11	Hold
AMARA RAJA BATTERIES	250	613.02	Hold
HERO MOTOCORP	75	2,799.90	Hold
BHARAT ELECTRONICS	2,100	101.01	Exit
MOLD-TEK PACKAGING	519	255.82	Exit
GODREJ CONSUMER	150	600.87	Hold
BHARAT FORGE	250	457.51	Hold
CHOLAMANDALAM INVEST.	680	240.98	Hold
HDFC	170	1,806.97	Hold
J KUMAR INFRA	1000	124.47	Exit
APOLLO PIPES	50	435.04	Hold
FINOLEX INDUSTRIES	200	549.31	Hold
UJJIVAN SMALL FINANCE BANK	1,325	43.26	Exit
GAIL	400	133.81	Hold
MARUTI SUZUKI	105	7,229.67	Hold
ITC	575	220.52	Exit
COCHIN SHIPYARD	725	398.32	Exit
POWER GRID	1,000	209.54	Hold
RITES	550	314.71	Hold
BAJAJ FINSERV	28	7,759.56	Hold
BODAL CHEMICALS	1,000	135.18	Exit
UJJIVAN FINANCIAL SERVICES	2,200	371.02	Exit

Tapas Guin: Currently, the stock market is on upward trend. As per reports, the market is due for correction. At this level is it feasible to invest in the market?

I seek your kind advice in the matter. Also let me know at what level it will be prudent to invest. I prefer to invest only in fundamentally strong stocks for a minimum period of 3 to 4 years. Shall be grateful should you refer 4 to 5 fundamentally good stocks other than B2 and H2 stocks. Thank you and looking forward to your kind reply by return mail as per your convenience.

Ajit Mishra: You can invest in stocks such as Bata, Britannia, Bharti Airtel, Ashok Leyland, Crompton Consumers and Dabur, Kansai Nerolac, Sudarshan Chemical, HDFC AMC, ICICI Bank. Buy the stocks in staggered manner for long term.

Ananth Jadi: I have below shares on hold and in loss. Can you please suggest whether to Hold or wait or sell?

1. Adani Green - 120 No.s @ 404

2. Brightcom Group Ltd. - 2000 No.s @ 12.22

3. Mittal Life Style - 100 No.s @ 153

Ajit Mishra: Exit all the stocks

Korah Paul: Following your stock advice for beginners. Thank you for all the inputs we gather from your advice.

My current investment is stocks are in:

Ajit Mishra:

Ashok Leyland. 900 @ 65	Accumulate
Tata motors 300 @ 3150	Exit
Maruti 30 @ 6800	Hold
Motherson sumi 600@ 139	Exit
Cholamandalam finance 500@ 148	Hold
L& T Finance 350 @ 70	Hold
Muthoot - 100@1125	Hold
Manapuram finance 100@	Hold
HDFC 100 @ 1140	Hold
ICICI 500 @ 369	Accumulate
FEDERAL BANK 2000@ 60	Exit
CITY UNION BANK 200 @ 127	Exit
Biocon 100 @ 400	Hold
Bharti airtel 300 @585	Accumulate
Cochin shipyard 250 @ 355	Exit
Dabur 25@ 495	Accumulate
ITC 275 @ 187	Exit
HCLTECH. 50 @ 723	Hold
TECH MAHINDRA 50 @ 710	Hold
L&T 50 @ 961	Hold
KNR CONSTRUCTION 250 @ 275	Hold

3 points I seek from you.

1) Stock to exit, hold, accumulate?

2) Should I reduce my portfolio?

3) Any new stock you advice to buy from a minimum of 1-year perspective. Thank you sir once again.

Ajit Mishra: You can invest in stocks such as Bata, Britannia, Crompton Consumers, Kansai Nerolac and Sudarshan Chemical. Buy the stocks in staggered manner for long term.

ankur: I would request you to please advise on following stocks which I am holding. As an investor coming from a service background I have invested my savings into shares keeping in mind that I want to exit market in next 3 months by November or December... please suggest shall I hold on to these or sell.

And if possible what shall be the appropriate selling price for these shares.

Ajit Mishra:

1. HDFC Bank 200 shares @ ₹1036/	Hold
2. Infosys 200 shares @ ₹953/	Hold
3. Coal India 2000 shares @ ₹133/	Exit
4. IndusInd Bank 100 shares @ ₹496/	Exit
5. Nippon Gold ETF 10,000 @ ₹48.45/	Hold
6. HDFC Gold ETF 100 @ ₹4905/	Hold
7. Aarti Drugs 100 shares @ ₹3,100/	Hold
8. Reliance Industries 115 shares @ ₹2000/	Hold
9. SBI Cards 126 shares @ ₹600/	Hold
10. HDFC Limited 59 shares @ ₹1675/	Hold
11. Yes Bank 2,000 shares @ ₹55/	Hold
12. Alok Industries 800 shares @ ₹47/	Exit
13. NALCO 600 Shares @ ₹45.10/	Hold
14. CIPLA 50 shares @ ₹664/	Hold
15. Indraprastha Gas 1000 shares @ ₹45/	Hold
16. SBI 500 shares @ ₹202/	Hold
17. Bajaj Finance 50 shares @ ₹3400/	Hold

Rajendra Singh: I own the following shares kindly suggest the course of action.

Ajit Mishra:

Ashok Leyland(2117) @ Rs 85.76,	Hold
Canfinhome(415) @ Rs 382,	Exit
Delta corp(732) @ Rs 253,	Exit
Future consumer(1855) @ Rs56,	Exit
Granules(150) @ RS 120,	Exit
HDFC Std life(25) @ RS 290,	Hold
Heritage food(100) @ Rs755,	Exit
ICICI Bank(150) @ Rs190,	Hold
ITC(400)@ Rs237,	Exit
Jindal stainless(2000) @ Rs54,	Hold
Quick heal(300) @ Rs190,	Exit
Rico auto(1050) @ Rs59.75,	Exit
Union bank(645) @ Rs125,	Exit
Yes bank(3488) @ Rs50,	Hold
Meghmani organic(1020) @ Rs94.58,	Hold
Morepen(10730) @ Rs26.61,	Exit
REC(840) @Rs130	Exit
Bank of Baroda(400) @ Rs101,	Exit
Axis bank(107) @ 424.16,	Hold
Bajaj Finance(8)@2088.00,	Hold
L & T(93)@ 1095,	Hold
REC(1513)@118.51,	Hold
SBI Cards(24)@747,	Hold
State Bank(745)@243,	Hold
Tata Steel(357) @344	Hold

sneha jamgade: I am holding 60 shares of DLF bought at Rs 160.90 level. Kindly convey your opinion on the same.

Ajit Mishra: Exit the Stock

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.

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