ASK AJIT: Stocks To Buy, Hold, Sell

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

Neeraj Gupta: I am 53 years now. I am doing a clerical job in private companies. I am worried about my retirement period.

I have about 10 lakhs to invest. I do request you to please guide me how and where should I invest it in order to make a corpus of more than 1 crore within 5-7 years. Also advise me about penny stocks which can give me lucrative returns in next couple of years?

Ajit Mishra: Penny stocks cannot earn you strong returns. However, you can invest in Blue chip stocks such as Reliance Industries, Britannia, TCS, Infosys, L&T, M&M, Maruti, Cipla, Dr Reddy’s.

Saurabh: Please advise me for Good Year 6 shares at Rs 1,221.78.

Ajit Mishra: Hold

GEORGE THOMAS VERGHIS: I am a new investor & looking at investing in stocks over a long term. I would like to invest in shares of companies across sectors. Do you recommend one time investment or systematic monthly investment? Kindly suggest the companies to invest in.

Ajit Mishra: You can invest in Banking – Axis bank and ICICI Bank; Pharma – Biocon; Auto – M&M and Bajaj Auto; FMCG – Britannia and Godrej CP; Consumer Durables – Polycab and V-Guard; Cement – Ramco Cements and JK Lakshmi; Telecom – Bharti Airtel; IT – Birlasoft.

Sriram Iyer:Dear Sir, please advise me which of the above scrips should I be holding or exiting accordingly...Thanks

Ajit Mishra:

Name of Company	Quantity	Buying Price	View
TCS	120	2520	Hold
INFOSYS	102	1192	Hold
LTI	50	5094	Hold
LTTS	45	4840	Hold
TATA ELXSI	50	2834	Hold
MINDTREE	50	2768	Hold
PERSISTENT	18	4887	Hold
KPIT	36	615	Hold
HUL	110	2380	Hold
TATA CONSUMER	300	659	Hold
GILLETTE	12	6002	Hold
TATA COFFEE	300	179	Hold
BRITANNIA	15	3490	Hold
BAJAJ CONSUMER	100	301	Hold
SRF	120	2265	Hold
ALKYL AMINES CHEMICALS	57	3514	Hold
DEEPAK NITRITE	84	1127	Hold
BASF	30	2590	Hold
PIDILITE	30	2283	Hold
PHILLIPS CARBON BLACK	200	293	Hold
WELSPUN	100	134	Exit
KPR MILLS	18	678	Hold
NITIN SPINNERS	50	179	Exit
GRASIM	10	786	Hold
ULTRATECH CEMENTS	24	7353	Hold
AMBUJA CEMENTS	200	381	Hold
MANGALAM CEMENTS	40	500	Hold
JK LAKSHMI CEMENTS	50	345	Hold
GABRIEL INDIA	600	172	Exit
WHEELS INDIA	40	1267	Hold
MARUTI SUZUKI	1	8640	Hold
Dr LAL PATHLAB	20	3490	Hold
LAURUS LABS	93	383	Hold
ALEMBIC PHARMA	30	1020	Hold
MOREPEN LABS	100	69	Exit
BAYER CROPSCIENCE	20	5250	Hold
LARSEN & TOUBRO	100	1190	Hold
TATA STEEL	6	1190	Hold
SHAKTI PUMPS	100	845	Hold
IRCTC	65	1050	Hold
POLYCAB	20	927	Hold
BAJAJ HIND SUGAR	600	25	Exit
RENUKA SUGAR	100	48	Exit
YES BANK	65	19	Exit

Shashikant Chere: I want to invest Rs 10 lakh for 5 to 6 years. Kindly suggest good stocks.

Pramod Aggrawal: I am holding following strips should I hold /exit/average to increase.

Company	Recommendation
1. Thirumalai chemical	Exit
2. Maruti	Hold
3.Sriram finance	Hold
4. Shriram property	Exit
5. Laxmi Chemical	Hold
6. Tata Power	Hold
7. Ami organic	Hold
8. Alkyl amines	Hold
9. Advance Enzyme	Hold

Saravana Kumar Balasubramanian: I have these stocks; Need your valuable suggestions and feedback on these above shares:

Ajit Mishra:

Company	No of shares	Recommendation
HFCL	1500	Exit
IOC	80	Hold
RPOWER	1300	Exit
SBIN	224	Hold
KANSAINER	50	Hold
CDSL	61	Hold
SBI CARD	5	Hold
MINDTREE	40	Hold
HATHWAY	1450	Exit
ADANIPORTS	60	Hold
CHOLAFIN	26	Exit
APOLLOTYRE	62	Hold
HDFC	6	Hold
IDEA VODAFONE	11200	Exit
BHEL	1200	Exit
KOTAKBANK	7	Hold
IRCTC	170	Hold
HINDUSNIVR	10	Hold
VIVIMEDLAB	675	Exit
JSWENERGY	368	Hold
INFOSYS	30	Hold
INDHOTEL	400	Exit
MOTHERSONSUMI	100	Hold
ITC	719	Hold
HAVELLS	40	Hold
STARHEALTH	16	Hold
ASIAN PAINTS	10	Hold
ABFRL	90	Hold
ADANI ENTER	50	Hold
RELIANCE IND	26	Hold
ICICI BANK	5	Hold
TATA POWER	2865	Hold
TATA CONSUMER	250	Hold
TATA MOTORS	200	Hold
WIPRO	50	Hold
ZOMATO	500	Exit
HAPPIEST MINDS	10	Hold
IEX	375	Hold
NYKAA	10	Hold

Nitin Kamble: Can I hold 75 shares of HDFC Life Insurance buy at Rs 690, 50 SpiceJet shares bought at 99?

Ajit Mishra: HDFC Life – Hold

Spice Jet - Exit

Sanket Rathi: Please advise on following stocks buy/hold/sell:

Ajit Mishra:

Company Name	Average Cost Price	View
GLOBUS SPIRITS LIMITED	616.55	Hold
RADICO KHAITAN LTD	1096.03	Hold
ONE 97 COMMUNICATIONS PAYTM	2150	Exit
ACC LIMITED	2321.42	Hold
AMBUJA CEMENTS LTD	397.99	Hold
SHREE CEMENTS LTD	26774.27	Hold
ULTRATECH CEMENT LIMITED	7666.25	Hold
SOMANY CERAMICS LIMITED	656.07	Hold
DHANUS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED	86.76	Exit
NAZARA TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED	1660.62	Hold
COAL INDIA LIMITED	342.23	Exit
SMS LIFESCIENCES INDIA LTD	761.57	Prefer Biocon
APOLLO HOSPITALS ENTERPRISES L	1436.92	Hold
DIVIS LABORATORIES LIMITED	4198.17	Hold
DR. LAL PATHLABS LIMITED	535	Hold
FORTIS HEALTHCARE LIMITED	177.69	Exit
FORTIS MALAR HOSPITALS LIMITED	73.46	Exit
GLENMARK PHARMACEUTICALS LTD	539.06	Hold
INDOSOLAR LIMITED	6.71	Exit
WEBSOL ENERGY SYSTEM LIMITED	43.21	Exit
BLUE DART EXPRESS LTD	4176.56	Hold
RELIANCE NAVAL ENGINEERING LTD	18.53	Exit
BHARTI AIRTEL LTD	550.63	Hold
PAGE INDUSTRIES LTD	32760.89	Hold

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