Stock market Woes : what to do

NEM wrote:A very good article. i also think that the Patience is the key if you have bought fundamentally strong shares. Specially these days retailers should not go after rallies that will hurt you and the market. Manipulators will be happy

ipoguru wrote:

ShareShares wrote:This hurts long term investors badly when the current value is much lees than the initial investment value, that is the main reason to say that this is not the ideal time to exit. There is no other alternative other than to wait and see.

What if we all do not sell fundamentally strong shares at lower prices..... So no body can take the price further down... I know market behaves like human mind... Its rarely we can see every body join together and try to get profit by uniting.. Everybody is trying to jump first and try to be a winner...

If you investigate (if already not done) your shares annual reports and past earnings for 10 years and future potentials you can understand whats it value and whats it value in future. Business does not going to get down because market is going down.. Hold on... Don't sell at a loss unless u see a better share trading at lower price...

laksharemk wrote:Totally agree, holding is the only option it seems.
But anyone can guess for how long?

suja wrote:SLStock, what are the fundementally strong stocks that we could identify which have dropped drastically. Can you elaborate on this. I see only a small drop in stocks such as JKH,Sampath compared to others but the food stocks such as Bairaha, TAFL have got wacked. So where do we see the opportunity.

slstock wrote:Hello everybody.

I am sure many of you are in the dumps with heavy losses and wondering what to do. I too have heavy unrealized losses sadly mostly on fundamentals.

Some of us were watching for 7000 ASI resistance which was easily broken again. What is the next level. Watch around ASi 6870 and then 6800.

Most people would have probably noticed that your losses are growing exponentially since 2-3 days. RSI is at a 2 year low. ASI at lowest since January! Market is heavily oversold now. . here are no macro reasons for this to happen, as CSE is as a whole is not overvalued like in september. There are plenty of good shares left ( ofcourse there is crap which killed the market too) which are also going down continously due to reasons which have been already discussed in the forum.

Importantly what to do now?

1) First remember that share market is like life. There are ups and downs. It won't go up continously. When the bear hits he can rule for awhile as we see. This is a bad down. If you are an investor with fundamentally sound shares this is the time to exercise patience and wait this crisis out. Remember we should be investing not gambling. Investment take time to realize. Do not Panic

2) As we are already in a hole stop digging further especially if you are on credit. There are many shares at more than bargains which can be tempting. But if we buy today , it appears that tommorow it will be cheaper and we make further losses. So stop digging to identify how far this goes. Fundamental and technicals are not always working in market like now. If you must buy
a) buy in smaller quantities with your own money ( not on credit)
b) preferably identified fundamentally sound shares which has dropped a lot already or at their all time lows. Observe that some share are still resistant to big drops

3) If you must trade, trade only if you have experience. There are opportunities but only for the experienced. Newcomers becareful as day trading might burn your further. In markets like this it is best you do not take speculative home at the end of the day.

4) Try to identify your weak shares in your portfolio. At some point market is going to turn . At that time you have the option to dispose them with a smaller loss. Have the money ready to invest in good shares. We learn our lesson through experience. Try not make same mistake again. CSE is another facet of our life.


Though I try share my thoughts in a positive manner at this time be aware of the market we are in right now as above. We went through worser times during the war period. For example, I saw my DFCC drop to Rs 50 bought at Rs 140. It gave me nearly a heart attack. But I did not panic and held. Then it went to over RS 400 last year and I was a victor.


Hope sooner than later market might take a turn atleast for a short while. There will be green patches even in bear markets. Be ready for that and you will know what to do then.


Also SEC and Goverment is surely aware of this bad situation and hopefully they will not also let our market go below a certain level ( I do not know what though).

Let us be strong. Let us act wisely now. Let us not contribute further to this downfall. We will all get through this hopefully smarter?


Good luck.