How to Invest for the Long Term

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How to Invest for the Long Term
By Peeyoosh Chadda Executive Vice
President Edelweiss Financial Services
Limited Sandeep Raina Expert Research
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Follow a disciplined approach
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Follow a disciplined approach

• Have an approach, if you are
• Trading or
• Investing
• Each has a distinct need for a discipline which
  needs to be followed
• We focus on long term investing here
• Look at markets as a place for long term wealth
  creation
• Markets are not a lottery
• Do not panic when the markets correct or invest
  only in times of euphoria
• Refrain from relying on tips do your homework

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Understand your investment options
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Understand your investment options

• Understand the investment options to participate
  in equities
• Two basic investment options are
• Mutual funds Regular investing and SIPs
• Direct investment through stocks
• Lets have a look at the options

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Understand your investment options

• Investing through Mutual Funds Regular and SIPs
• When you are quite busy with your regular
  schedule and can devote limited time, say not
  even on a weekly basis
• Your job then is to simply identify the right set
  of funds and fund managers, invest money
  regularly and track performance regularly
• The fund managers are the experts they devote a
  large part of their time towards stock research
  and analysis, and are trustworthy in terms of
  investing on your behalf
• Good funds can add a lot of value, heres a look
  at some of them

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Source Valueresearchonline
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Understand your investment options

• Direct investment in stocks
• When you can devote enough time in your regular
  schedule towards analyzing and researching
  companies (at least five to seven hours per week)
• You have sufficient knowledge of financial as
  well as other industry-related metrics
• You have the ability to identify and track a
  particular sector where you can identify trends
  an edge
• You can resist tips / other temptations

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How to pick a stock
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How to pick a stock

• Identify your style of investing
• Investing styles primarily fall under one of
  these
• Value investingThis is when an investor looks at
  a bargain in terms of how a stock is valued,
  i.e., identifying stocks at deep discounts to
  their asset values, liquidation values or
  replacement values
• Growth investingGrowth investors look for
  companies that are experiencing a rapid growth in
  their earnings, typically companies growing by
  upwards of 20 every year

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How to pick a stock

• Turnaround investingTurnaround specialists look
  at companies in a distress state currently, but
  which could be potential candidates for
  turnaround in operations. This could be triggered
  by change in business model, change in management
  or change in balance sheet structure

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How to pick a stock
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How to pick a stock

• Large CapsTypically companies which are large
  and have a proven long-term performance track
  record. Market cap exceeds INR 5,000 crores
• Mid CapsTypically companies at an expanding
  stage of product/service acceptance and
  witnessing steady growth in their business.
  Market cap in the range of INR 1,000 to 5,000
  crores
• Small CapsTypically companies at an early stage
  of product/service acceptance and subject to
  change/competition/substitute products/
  technology. Market cap less than INR 1,000 crores

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How to pick a stock

• Key parameters to look at
• Growth
• Capital Efficiency
• Leverage
• Valuations

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When to sell a stock
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When to sell a stock

• Deteriorating fundamentals (Slowdown in growth,
  increasing competition, reduction in profit
  margins, etc.)
• The stock price has appreciated to such an extent
  that valuations are beginning to look expensive
  on multiple fronts
• A better substitute is now available versus the
  current stock you are holding, and with capital
  being limited, you sell the current stock to buy
  the new one

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Portfolio monitoring is not optional
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Portfolio monitoring

• Portfolio monitoring is an ongoing exercise that
  you need to conduct to be aware of the
  performance of your portfolio and take corrective
  actions as needed
• This involves tracking day-to-day events / news
  in the sector/ stocks you hold
• Once the monitoring activity is put in place, the
  next logical step is to take corrective action in
  terms of reducing exposure to current holding or
  adding exposure to a current / new holding based
  on the analysis
• In the case of mutual funds as well, a similar
  monitoring activity has to be undertaken

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Using your guide Edelweiss.in
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Using your guide Edelweiss.in

• In order to simplify and enrich your investment
  decision-making process, you can take full
  advantage of your guide, Edelweiss.in
• At Edelweiss.in, you have full access to
  Edelweisss full range of coverage on macro
  economics, sectors and over 200 stocks.
• Further, you get research reports daily, tracking
  Indian corporate news, market movements, thematic
  reports across sectors, economy and asset
  classes.

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Stocks you should buy
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Bajaj Auto
Second largest 2 wheeler manufacturer, set to
benefit from increasing two wheeler penetration.
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ITC
Cigarettes business to remain robust, FMCG the
trump card, classic domestic consumption bet.
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ICICI Bank
Banking revenue set to grow 5.3x to Rs 10.6 Trn
over the next 10 years, ICICI Bank is a
front-runner to capture this opportunity.
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Thank You