On the same line , yes there were a few people here who warned about a down trend during the peak period when ASI was at an unsustainable 7800 with Pe of 28-29. So I again raise my hat off to them. The short to medium people here who worries so much should have listened to them to completely sell out. But for long term investors the strategies and worries will be different.
Let me give an Example : Say after you analyse , you buy X share now at RS 80. According to you calculations the share can be worth Rs 200 within say your investment time period of 3 years.
a) If a bull market or a sudden trend on its own comes maybe it can hit Rs 150 even this year. ( need examples? that what happened to GRAN when it went from Rs 60 to RS 250. What about REG from RS 160 to Rs 500. These sudden uprises can come sometimes in bear markets and then the runs can even over value them with present financials)
b) now look at the other end. If the share you bought at Rs 80 now drops to Rs 60 in bear market is it a problem for your 3 year investment period? If the share goes to Rs 200 within 3rd year will you be worried then you paid RS 80 or Rs 60? Compared to Rs 200 the differece is not so significant. But for short term people the RS 20 will be a big deal.
On any account we need to be fair to understand couple of things.
Even in a down trend nobody can exactly predict how much it will fall as it depends on external factors, internal factors, earnings, growth , investor sentiments etc etc which are sometimes unknown at that time ( as they are in the future). We can only do educated estimates . Some did. When ASI was 7800 could we predict for sure the drop would be to 4892. We still do not know the depth of this fall. Now for the first time I see people say number like 3000s. To be reasonable last Feb to June I saw people stating figures like ASI 5000-5500 which has come true. But anyone still bold enough to say that ASi will fall to 2500 ? We do not know yet. It is very unlikely though. It depends on day to day and month to month developments which can change. Also authorities will not want to see the stock market massacred as it is some portal to development of the country. Who knows, all of a sudden if 2 big foriegn investment funds start buying left and right what will happen to the market. But right now it is fair to things still are heading south due to latest developments. Question is if market drop more are you ready for it? If not it not too late act even now for those worried to death.
Anyway, whether there is bull or bear there will always be opportunities in the market . Maybe there can be short term runs of certain shares in bear. Maybe your Long term share might have a sooner than expected run even during the bear. No one can predict exactly. But there will be always green patches in the pool of red ( especially for short term trading). Best to watch to identify trends developing. It appears that sometime this week there should be a few green days due to market cycles and counter being oversold. It could be monday or tuesday even. I could be wrong.
So here , the correct analysis on what you buy , then holding power and investment plan come to play.
Best to understand you goals and act accordingly without doing blind investments. If you do then your suffering will be more. I cannot honestly say I am not worried. But we have seen worse times haven;t we?
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