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Should you pick stocks based on analysts' calls?


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R Chakravarti
Stock analysts
by R Chakravarti on Nov 26, 2012 07:44 AM

In March 2000 I had 300 shares in 2 IT companies which I got in IPOs for Rs 10 each. I could have sold them for Rs 7 lakhs. An analyst advised me to hold on. The companies crashed. It turned out that the promoters were crooks.

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Malarkey V
Look for the Following to Protect your wealth:
by Malarkey V on Nov 25, 2012 11:16 AM

I am NOT a Finance/Stock/Investment specialist and do not make any claims to being knowledgeable even;

But my logic, intuition and commonsense (LIC for short)tells me to look for the following in investing in both good and bad times as a way to protect our financial wealth:

- Look for companies selling products used in day-to-day life;
- Look for companies with prospective global reach and appeal for their products;
- Look for companies which are highly scalable;
- Look for Companies with good/excellent growth potential;
- Look for companies which have returned/returning/and will continue to return in terms of dividends and share buybacks;
- Look for companies which show good profit margins, at least margins that outpace their industry/sector averages;
- Look for companies which show good cash flow with less capital spending requirements.
- Look for companies which do not face any regulatory problems;
- Look for companies (specially in tech field) with a good number of patents.

The above simple analysis can be done by any average investor without expertise and the benefits reaped will far exceed that by listening to the so-proclaimed experts making grandiose projections .. .. ..

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ar
reality
by ar on Nov 24, 2012 09:28 PM

It is a very simple thing. If one knows that the price of a particular stock is going to rise he won't tell it to anyone until he buys enough of it. Once he has enough of it then he will spread the rumour that price will rise and when everyone scrambles to buy price rises and that first fellow will sell off his shares and walkaway with the money. There is really no use in reading these analysts because either they are of the first buyer category or paid by the first buyers to spread rumours or their are idiots to tell everybody that the price is going to rise letting everybody to buy. Those who actually make money in stock market never tell anything to anyone and waste their energy on it. Equities do not give much return on investment in terms of dividends so price appreciation is a must if one wants to hold equity. One should do his own study and be ready to hold for long term in case price does not go up in short term. In the long run rumours do not help at all, it is only the realities that matter.


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Nitesh Thakkar
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Communal Award
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by Communal Award on Nov 20, 2012 04:53 PM

NO

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