Porinju Veliyath Recommends Ten Top-Quality Stocks To Buy In Demonetisation Crash

Novice investors fearful; Expert investors bullish

A savage stock market crash, such as the one seen on the occasion of NAMO’s surgical strike of demonetisation, always separates the men from the boys.

One could see that while novice investors like you and me were cowering in fright at the merciless destruction of our wealth, the experts were fearlessly roaming the streets, their pockets bulging with cash, looking for bargains to buy.

As always, Porinju Veliyath was at the forefront, sending out a barrage of inspirational tweets and coaxing his army of followers to come out of their storm shelters and be brave.

Two Weeks Pain, Two Decades Gain!
Guys, are you ready? #BullishOnIndia

— Porinju Veliyath (@porinju) November 10, 2016

Yet to invest in equities? Opportune time to build a Portfolio. Focus on beaten-down stocks, Good Biz affected temporarily by DeMonetization

— Porinju Veliyath (@porinju) November 17, 2016

Rare opportunity to value invest in Indian equities, with long term earnings visibility and identifiable near-term set-back!

— Porinju Veliyath (@porinju) November 18, 2016

"OMG, I missed it" – will be the expression of many people after 2-3 months, looking back at today's prices of many small & mid-caps!

— Porinju Veliyath (@porinju) November 22, 2016

Planning invest in Indian equities, better start before the 'Budget Rally' market talk. If you are fully invested, just go on holidays!

— Porinju Veliyath (@porinju) November 28, 2016

This time, Porinju was not alone. He was accompanied by other knowledgeable investors who rightly recognized that the crash in the stock market would be short-lived and presented a rare opportunity to buy stocks at a discount.

India will witness Biggest BULL market in coming days
Those who have sold shares will never able to buy them at lower rate
Buy domestics

— Rishi Bagree (@rishibagree) November 24, 2016

1 year from now investors will look back at today's stock prices and realize that demonetization presented a great opportunity.

— Rajat Sharma (@SanaSecurities) November 18, 2016

In 2020 when you are looking at 15 Nov 2016, it will look like a very small dip in the markets!

— Vijay Pahwa (@Wealth_Park) November 16, 2016

I am putting some money in midcap funds today, will buy more if market falls more. (Since I cannot have direct stock exposure)

— Anuj Singhal (@_anujsinghal) November 16, 2016

Young investors should rejoice. They will get more shares for their savings at the end of the month. Many are worried instead 🙂 🙂 🙂

— Vijay Pahwa (@Wealth_Park) November 15, 2016

Stocks fallen the most and where valuations are looking reasonable. Good cos ONLY for fundamental investors. pic.twitter.com/Fbw5CBYs1W

— Varinder Bansal (@varinder_bansal) November 23, 2016

Mega Gains gush in as worries recede

The inspirational messages by the knowledgeable investors had the desired effect. As the novice investors warily looked up from their bunkers, the markets picked up speed and posted hefty gains.

Understandably, the expert investors couldn’t resist patting themselves on the back.

Nifty Up by 200 points and Sensex by 700 points since this tweet
All negative news has been discounted
Shorters will be trapped badly https://t.co/StcAOQQDSI

— Rishi Bagree (@rishibagree) November 29, 2016

Anyone got that feeling already? https://t.co/asDFW3Jc3c

— Porinju Veliyath (@porinju) November 29, 2016

2 weeks and everything is up over 20%!! https://t.co/V2GaUTiw11

— Rajat Sharma (@SanaSecurities) November 29, 2016

NBFCs we bought on 15th Nov are on a roll! https://t.co/KVL4BsXTdr

— Vijay Pahwa (@Wealth_Park) November 29, 2016

Revisiting
Ramkrishna Forging up 12%
Satin Credit up 8%
Jet Airways up 5%
Manppuram up 7%
Shriram Transport, Granules up 3% https://t.co/RuXNTco1p2

— Varinder Bansal (@varinder_bansal) November 23, 2016

Top Ten stocks to buy

At this stage, we have to compliment Porinju because while the other expert investors were content with giving abstract advice, Porinju was moved by the plight of novice investors who reached out to him for help.

@porinju Can we have an idea on what stocks to go for? We are the calves in the bull market

— GOPAL IYER (@BEALOTUS) November 18, 2016

Porinju recommended the following nine stocks.

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Godrej Ind 373, Jet 348, HSIL 288, IRB 189, Fed Bank 67, Godrej Prop 290, Wockhardt 693, Century 682, MCX 1219 – some solid biz..

— Porinju Veliyath (@porinju) November 22, 2016

Practice what you preach

Porinju acted on his own advice. He rushed to Dalal Street on 23rd November to buy 200,000 shares of Sunil Hitech Engineers Ltd in the names of Shilpa and Sunny Veliyath. Later, he also bought a chunk of 90,000 shares in the name of Equity Intelligence, his PMS. The total investment in Sunil Hitech is about Rs. 4.93 crore.

Let’s take a quick look at the ten stocks recommended by Porinju

As one can see, Porinju has chosen his stocks in a sensible manner. There are four aspects worth noting from the selection of stocks.

The first is that all the stocks are well known names, with proven business models and reputed managements. So, there are no nasty surprises expected to arise.

The second is that most of the stocks are presently in the doldrums. Out of ten stocks, seven have given a negative return over the past one year. This implies that the expectations from the stocks are low and the risk of a downside is low.

The third is that Porinju has cleverly mixed up the stocks so that they represent different sectors. The selection has representatives of the FMCG, airline, sanitary ware, infra, Bank, real estate, Pharma, textiles, commodities trading and engineering sectors in it.

It is a perfectly balanced portfolio, designed to withstand the perils of demonetization.

The fourth is that none of the stocks (except, perhaps, Godrej Industries) involve customers paying in cash. So, the so-called ‘cash crunch’ that the economy is presently witnessing is unlikely to adversely affect the earnings of these companies.

Even in the case of Godrej Industries, the adverse impact of the cash crunch may have already been priced in and so there may not be further incremental damage.

Best case scenario for buying stocks

We have to also bear in mind the inspirational message offered by Kenneth Andrade a few days ago about how the demonetisation is a “huge positive” and “the best case scenario” to buy stocks. Andrade has conducted a masterful analysis of the situation and explained precisely what benefits will accrue due to demonetisation.

Conclusion

The bottom line is that we have to take a cue from the expert investors and load up our portfolio with top-quality stocks when they are available at rock-bottom prices. Then, when the economy stabilizes and demonetization becomes a distant memory, we will be able to bask in great riches!