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Sunday, April 20, 2008

Market Outlook

Hi friends,

At the outset, let me apologize for not being as active on this blog as I used to be. It's just that I've been awefully busy lately. I'll try to answer individual queries (time permitting) but please feel free to answer each other's queries if you wish to.



Now for my current views on the Market situation. The market has seen a very nice bounce from the lows of this year in the last three weeks. But the big question is whether this move is sustainable or whether this is a dead cat bounce. My reading is that even if we have put the worst behind us, things are not going to be all hunky dory from now on for the rest of the year. The market may still take about 2-3 more months to stabilize and a positive, sustainable uptrend may be seen from August-September onwards. As predicted by me in my New Year blog, IT and Pharma Sector stocks have outperformed the market so far. The biggest concern for the Indian market right now is inflation and cement, steel sectors have been under threat by the govt. as being price control candidates. But my point of view on Cement is that it is a good time for long term investors to get into this sector as pressure from the govt. is only a temporary sentiment dampner. On the ground, the fact is that there is a very robust demand for Cement and business is good.



The bad news coming from the US may also take a few more months to end, and only after the US Markets stabilize will our market see a sustained positive move. This market is presenting an opportunity for long term investors to invest in high quality, low PE - high growth stocks. Unfortunately, there is not much to do for very short term traders right now. Traded volumes are very low and there is a lack of interest from the retail investors who were badly hit by the crash early in the year. At this point, the likely trading range for the Sensex for this year seems to be between 14500 and 21600.

Cheers!

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey Navinn, Good to see a new post from you. I agree with you that cement would be a good bet in the long term. But with govt. intervention imminent in almost every sector, one doesn't know which industry to invest :-). Jst kidding

Would appreciate you views on IDFC v/s SREI Infra Finance. Somehow I have a fancy for this sector. Cheerio & all the best to you. Seems you are doing something new in your life/profrssion.

shashjpn said...

Hi Navin, Thanks for the new blog after long time :)

Niranjan Boora said...

Hi,
Would like to know your view on newly listed stock "eClerx" a KPO company. Will there be a situation where this company will get more business from US/UK.

Also on Keynote Financial Corporation. This stock got badly hit by recent fall in the market. Seems like a decent company to me. But I can't quantify as like you.

Upon your recommendations, I have invested in JK Lakshmi and Yash Management.

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nitin said...

Hi Navin,
thanks for coming back

What r ur views on

Agro Tech Foods
Lupin
Ranbaxy

Unknown said...

Hi sir,
What is your opinion about JCT Ltd and Krishna Lifestyle. Shall I hold or exit?

Unknown said...

Hi sir,
What is your opinion about JCT Ltd and Krishna Lifestyle. Shall I hold or exit?

Unknown said...

Hi superstar

Have not heard from you for quite sometime now. Market is not too good nowadays. Any update on when this will stabilize.
rgds

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