We need to change our approach to market this year onwards. Nimish Chandan explains why

The standout advantage for JFS is the extensive distribution network of its parent company, Reliance. With Reliance Retail boasting a customer base of approximately 25 crore and Reliance Jio with a base of around 44 crore customers, JFS has access to an enormous customer pool. This physical and digital reach can be a game changer, allowing JFS to quickly expand its customer base and offer a variety of financial services to a vast audience.

“In infrastructure, I would look at companies that are able to manage their cash flows better and even a company like Mazagon Dock has amazing cash flow management for what is otherwise a government company. They have net cash on their balance sheet because they get paid in advance. Some of those aspects matter more.”

“In India the largecaps – Nifty, Sensex can compound 12% longer term. I do not see a challenge in that. Markets are now close to historic multiples, slightly higher but I think there are three reasons why Indian multiples may settle higher than the past – faster growth, lower cost of capital and lower volatility.”

According to Raamdeo Agrawal, Chairman of MOFSL, pure internet companies such as Zomato, Swiggy, and PolicyBazaar can become large players in terms of profit pool. Companies like Bajaj Finance, Zerodha, and Angel One, which are traditional businesses leveraging the power of technology, are also poised for accelerated growth. Another area for growth is the real estate industry, which is showing profits after years of losses.

Sandeep Raina is not worried about the market crash. Further small cuts are possible, but it's not a bloodbath. Stay invested, the market will revive. Quality midcaps, smallcaps, and largecaps with 20% growth, good ROCE, and cash flows are worth investing. Pharma stocks like Beta Drugs, Kilpest, and Sun Pharma are interesting.

“If you look at the kind of companies where the stocks are going up even more are the ones that are not even covered by many research houses. So the stocks that are the smaller ones, not in any coverage by the sell side are still seeing a lot of rally. So clearly, there is some irrationality.”

Porinju Veliyath believes that it will not be easy to create alpha investing in the well-known largecap companies, but one can still invest in them. He continues to believe in the India story, and that India's era is just starting, which is where China was in 2007. Veliyath suggests that there are many upcoming midcap companies that can offer great opportunities for the investing community to create alpha, and further states that many state PSUs, if better managed, could become multi-baggers.

“I guess, people made a lot of money after Covid and they are looking for avenues to invest. Even after this runup, many are sitting on a significant amount of cash. So, even now, the liquidity is not completely exhausted. I guess it is just the money which was probably printed during the Covid times, which is still making rounds.”

We recently did our five-year planning and we looked into the markets and market growth. India is number one in terms of growth. So therefore, we see a lot of momentum in the industrial, mobility, infrastructure and electrification space as India is very serious on driving renewables up. This is where we have a lot of business and local production, said Roland Busch, Siemens AG's CEO.

So, investors should be aware that just because India is doing well, it doesn't mean that markets will continue to move only in one direction. As an investor, you must focus on quality, buy good companies run by good managers and those available at a good price. Retail investors have the luxury of taking a longer term view. They don't have to worry about 6-12 months performance or the volatility and so on and so forth.