One famous saying in Share Market is "Don't put all your eggs in one basket"
What does it mean in Share Market?
It means your investment should be Diversified otherwise suppose you have invested all your money in one company then you are exposed to maximum risk. Because we all know what happened to 'Yes Bank'.
DIVERSIFICATION in two ways:
1. Sector wise
2. Size wise (I mean company size)
Now let's see how should we diversify Sector wise:
1. Sector wise: To make it fun let's assume that you got Rs. 100000/- from your father and he told you to make the most of it in whichever way you want to. Then straight away you should enter into Share Market to get the maximum return. You can diversify it in following way. In this way your money is diversified among five sectors, which reduces the risk of your portfolio and increases the probability of maximum return.
Finance- HDFC Bank, Kotak Bank, HDFC life, SBI Card -Rs. 25000/-
FMCG- HUL, Britania, Marico, VBL, Tata Consumer, Jubilant Food –Rs. 25000/-
Miscellaneous- Reliance, Pidilite, Relaxo, Titan, Asian Paints, IEX- Rs. 25000/-
Information Technology- TCS, Infosys, Tech Mahindra, Affle-Rs. 20000/-
Chemical- Deepak Nitrite-Rs. 5000/-
2. Size wise: Suppose you have Rs. 100000/- then you should diversify it in the following way
Large Cap Companies (famously known as Blue chip stocks): Rs. 60000/-
Mid Cap Companies: Rs. 30000/-
Small Cap Companies: Rs. 10000/-
Why maximum investment in Large Cap Stocks?
Because it protects your Capital in the time of crisis. Large Cap Stocks are comparatively slow but steady in terms of growth.
Mid Cap Stocks give more return in comparison to Large Cap Stocks but riskier.
Small Cap Stocks have high potential of growth but when any crisis comes they are the first one to decline and have the steepest decline.
So if we analyse them Return wise:
Small Cap Stocks > Mid Cap Stocks > Large Cap Stocks
And if we analyse them Risk wise:
Small Cap Stocks > Mid Cap Stocks > Large Cap Stocks
If you have any query you can ask it in comment box. I would love to answer.
*This is not a Stock recommendation. Here we do an analysis, you should do your own research or consult your financial adviser before making any decision.