A bouquet of 5 shares

[clive]

Shorttrermer

+10 years perspective ! for shorttermernice In my opinion 10 years is too long a period. Let us take for example HPCL. In 1995 the share was issued at a price of 335 per share. At that time it was considered a hot long term investment. By the year 2000 the share value almost dropped to 100. Then it rallied to 540. Now languishing around 300.

Very interesting observation. I guess the way to make sure that does not happen to your long term investments is buy a company where the growth has not been factored in too much. IF people are expecting the company to do too many things then you might buy the share at a peak wherin you will make a loss.

Considering that, I would take another look at Suzlon now... I guess research is the name of the game.

Thx for the input.

 

[lawrieking]

Good going Clive... i have rated your post as this could lead to some very good discussion on a Basket of five. cheers Lawrie

 

[shrinivas]

Fantastic explanation given by Karthikmarar...it is not wise to allow money sleep for such a long time...I somtimes love the theories posted in such a manner...this time the real bet would be Gujarat Ambuja, ITC,Hindalco,Bajaj Hindustan etc....name of the game is invest, appreciate, withdraw and put your money in the other stocks...the best time to pick a stock is when noone other is picking it up....instead of investing for 10 years....put money, take the full advantage of corrections, full advantage of Bulls and come out..then reinvest...Hope u enjoy the trend..
Ganesh.

 

[shorttermer]

hey people and detractors (lol),

no i do agree with the trading philo. rather than the 10 yr hold period. we were on that topic, and i wanted to display my insights on the same. But pls take into account stocks like RIL which keep appr, though i agree would be better jobbed on and bought and sold multiple times for lesser purchase price (theoretically). my only point was to contribute to question from clive which i found v. interesting. about Suzlon, i will retract, i agree i think it would be too bloody risky to buy at such a level. and yeah, i am a shorttermer, i freak the life out holding shares for too long in my business aspect. on the other hand i am getting married sometime in the future, and i am looking out for good investments for safety to park funds in (2-5% of personal saving) and hence am thinking of this Buffet 'stocks for life' motto quite seriously. i dont want serious appr., i just want safety, cons. growth, and safety again, whereby i beat inflation consitently.

thanks for all the advice (and brickbats, lol), i appreciate it,

sincerely,

shorttermer

 

[funduinvestor]

Fantastic explanation given by Karthikmarar...it is not wise to allow money sleep for such a long time...I somtimes love the theories posted in such a manner...this time the real bet would be Gujarat Ambuja, ITC,Hindalco,Bajaj Hindustan etc....name of the game is invest, appreciate, withdraw and put your money in the other stocks...the best time to pick a stock is when noone other is picking it up....instead of investing for 10 years....put money, take the full advantage of corrections, full advantage of Bulls and come out..then reinvest...Hope u enjoy the trend..
Ganesh.

THATS easier said than done man.While i agree with what u say to a certain extent, longterm investing in Fundamentally corrrect stocks will give returns which u can never get by short term manipulations
Fundu