Top Stock Picks for 2009 by Experts

I have picked from various sources the top Picks By Experts for 2009 for your benefit. Go through them, it may be useful to you.

Ambareesh Baliga of Karvy Stock Broking says Stock-specific, we would say it’s NTPC, BHEL, L&T, Infy, SBI and P&B. In infrastructure, it’s GMR and Punj Lloyd.

Samir Arora of Helios Capital advises investors to have a 15-20% exposure to gold, as the yellow metal will do well in next 1-2 years.



He is bullish on financials, infrastructure, select media and broking stocks. "We don't like commodities, pharma, consumer staples, and technology.".

Outlook Money has chosen Bank of India, Titan Inds, HDFC Bank, KS Oils, Mphasis, Bharti Airtel, Indraprasta Gas and Emami.

Angel Broking's top picks are HDFC Bank and Axis Bank.

Nirmal Bang is bullish on GEShipping, JPAssociate, Moser-Baer and SBI. Nirmal Bang also felt Stock specific counters like: GEShipping, SCI, Ster, TataSteel and Welspun Gujarat looks attractive to buy on dip.

KRChoksey Research's top picks are Reliance Industries, State Bank of India (SBI), Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC), Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC), Bharat Electronics (BEL), BEML, Bharat Forge, Tata Steel, Glenmark Pharma, Mundra Port, Bharti Airtel, Hindustan Zinc.

Prabhudas Lilladher's top picks are Hero Honda, Amtek India, ICICI Bank, State Bank of India, Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Crompton Greaves, Voltas, Jyoti Structures, IVRCL, Hindustan Unilever, Tata Chemicals, HDFC, Sun TV, IBN18 Broadcast, Aban Offshore, Bharati Shipyard, GAIL, Reliance Industries, Sun Pharma, Dishman Pharma, Lupin, Jindal Steel & Power, Reliance Communication, Tulip Telecom, Bombay Rayon Fashions, XL Telecom & Energy, Country Club, Parekh Aluminex.

According to Anagram Research's report, be invested in upstream crude companies and buy more if the commodity dips to newer 2009 lows, (which obviously means Stocks like Reliance Petroleum, Chennai Petro, MRPL, Cairn).
UBS AG in its Top 10 Picks for Asia has picked up only one stock from India and that stock is not suprisingly is Bharti Airtel Ltd!!

Financial Chronicle has picked Sun Pharma, Glaxo, Exide, GSPL, HDIL, AIA Engg, IVRCL and Everest Kanto as its top picks for the year 2009.

In an article, Money Today picked up AIA Engg, Cairn India, MTNL, NMDC, PTC, Biocon, MIC Electronics, Champagne Indage, Raymond and Gitanjali Gems as its top picks for 2009 based on the Low Debt levels and trading below Book Value.

Sharekhan's Top Picks are Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, Reliance Industries Ltd, LUPIN LTD, Housing Development Finance Corp.Ltd, ITC Ltd, Maruti Udyog Ltd, Shiv Vani Universal Ltd, Marico Ltd, Hindustan Lever Ltd, Larsen & Toubro Ltd, Bharti Airtel Ltd and Aban Offshore Ltd.

Well, the list is exhaustive and should be enough for you to make a shortlist on what to buy. I have not given my own picks as I am still doing some more research on few stocks and will be posting my own in a few days. Keep visiting my blog and find out. Your comments will be highly appreciated and your Top Picks will also help me and other readers to make a final decision.
Best of luck,
Srikanth shankar Matrubai


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