| Smart Portfolios outperforms |
| Rex Cano / Mumbai March 22, 2010, 0:51 IST |
True to its name, Smart Portfolios outclassed the benchmark indices once again. In the week under review, when the markets appreciated by 1.62 per cent, the fund managers featured in this exercise have delivered gains in excess of 2 per cent. Ajay Parmar has seen a 3.8 per cent growth in his portfolio, Amar Ambani has given returns of 2.6 per cent, Phani Sekhar has romped home with 2.10 per cent and Vinay Khattar has seen an appreciation of 1.6 per cent in his net worth.
Starting from a corpus of Rs 10 lakh shares on September 1, 2009, the S&P CNX 500 is now worth Rs 11.26 lakh or 12.6 per cent. Meanwhile, Ajay Parmar’s holdings are worth Rs 12.9 lakh with returns of 29.3 per cent, Amar Ambani’s worth has increased by 30.1 per cent and is now worth Rs 13.01 lakh, Phani Sekhar is now richer by 11.65 per cent at Rs 11.17 lakh and Vinay Khattar has added 10.48 per cent at Rs 11.05 lakh.
BETTING ON DEBUTANTS
Vinay Khattar
Head – Research of WAIS, Edelweiss
Vinay Khattar executed 11 trades last week, four on the buy side. His gross purchases and sales were almost evenly matched with a net outflow of just Rs 1,314. Interestingly, Khattar has recently invested in newly listed stocks like Jubilant Foodworks and Man Infra. Among others, he has bought Hindalco, Godawari Power and Havells India.
| Top Holdings | % of assets | Cost Price (Rs) | Current Price (Rs) | Value (Rs lakh) |
| Jubilant Food | 10.91 | 277.94 | 344.50 | 1.21 |
| Man Infracons | 9.28 | 358.90 | 368.85 | 1.03 |
| Aries Agro | 8.14 | 94.54 | 112.70 | 0.90 |
| Escorts | 8.12 | 143.05 | 149.45 | 0.90 |
| Techno Elec | 8.06 | 220.85 | 219.45 | 0.89 |
| Total investments | 95.11 | 10.50 | ||
| Cash | 4.89 | 0.54 | ||
| Net worth | 11.04 | |||
| Returns (%) | 10.48 |
His portfolio consists of 14 stocks, of which four are trading below his cost price. Jubilant Foodworks, McNally Bharat and Aries Agro are the top performers with gains around 20 per cent each. On the other hand, Alok Industries has shed almost 12 per cent followed by Pantaloon Retail. Khattar’s portfolio value stands at Rs 11.04 lakh, and he holds Rs 54,000 in cash.
MAN OF STEEL
Ajay Parmar
Head, Research (Institutional Equities) Emkay
Sesa Goa occupies the place of pride in Ajay Parmar’s scheme of things. Not only does the iron ore player enjoy the highest weightage of 9.6 per cent in Ajay Parmar’s weekly portfolio, but it has also given the most returns of 23.7 per cent.
| Top Holdings | % of assets | Cost Price (Rs) | Current Price (Rs) | Value (Rs lakh) |
| Sesa Goa | 9.62 | 365.53 | 452.20 | 1.24 |
| South Ind Bank | 7.27 | 150.20 | 156.55 | 0.94 |
| MSK Projects | 5.90 | 129.60 | 152.45 | 0.76 |
| Monsanto | 5.52 | 1763.00 | 1782.55 | 0.71 |
| Jubilant Foodworks | 5.33 | 289.90 | 344.50 | 0.69 |
| Total investments | 97.63 | 12.62 | ||
| Cash | 2.37 | 0.31 | ||
| Net worth | 12.92 | |||
| Returns (%) | 29.23 |
Jubilant Foods and MSK Projects has seen returns of 18.83 per cent and 17.6 per cent respectively, while South Indian Bank and Monsanto have been relative underperformers. With eight buy transactions and five sell transactions under his belt during the week, Parmar has emerged as a net buyer of shares worth Rs 97,000 last week. Parmar’s cash holdings amount to Rs 31,000.
PROFITABLE PICKS
Amar Ambani
Vice President (Research), India Infoline
Amar Ambani’s top holdings are Aksh Optifibre, followed by MRF, Zuari, IFCI and Hikal. The returns also followed a similar trajectory. Aksh Optifibre has delivered returns of 29.4 per cent, while MRF has given 11.1 per cent and Zuari has delivered 17.8 per cent.
| Top Holdings | % of assets | Cost Price (Rs) | Current Price (Rs) | Value (Rs lakh) |
| Aksh Optifibre | 5.03 | 15.80 | 20.45 | 0.65 |
| MRF | 4.33 | 6335.00 | 7041.00 | 0.56 |
| Zuari | 4.06 | 531.80 | 621.50 | 0.53 |
| IFCI | 3.93 | 48.70 | 51.20 | 0.51 |
