{"id":22767,"date":"2021-09-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moneyworks4me.com\/investmentshastra\/sensex-at-60000-time-to-be-selective\/"},"modified":"2021-09-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T18:30:00","slug":"sensex-at-60000-time-to-be-selective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moneyworks4me.com\/investmentshastra\/sensex-at-60000-time-to-be-selective\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensex at 60,000; Time to be selective!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sensex has hit 60,000 on 24th<\/sup> September 2021. Every 10,000 points of Sensex<\/strong><\/a> is some sort of milestone when it comes to equity investing. It is a celebration of wealth creation and entrepreneurial success.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Every 10,000 climb has been special as it is achieved at a faster pace than before. For recent 10,000 pts, it took just 4 months and just 20% gain.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Observation on last 30,000 moves in Sensex<\/h2>\n

From 30,000 in 2015, Sensex nearly doubled to 60,000 in 2021. We looked deeper to see which stocks contributed to such a mammoth move in Sensex in 6 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Sensex\u2019s move from 30,000 to 60,000 has been quite concentrated by a handful of stocks leading to the bulk of the returns in the last 6 years. The top 10 stocks were responsible for 73% of the move (22,123 pts) in Sensex in the last 6 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The highest return has come from Infosys<\/a>, Reliance<\/a>, TCS<\/a>, HDFC Ltd<\/a>, and ICICI Bank<\/a> which contributed almost 50% in total 100% return. This level of concentration means that many investors and quite a few funds were lagging Index returns for the last 6 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The primary reason for such polarized markets was slow economic growth which did not benefit all the sectors in the economy. However, things are starting to look up now. India\u2019s demographics form a good tailwind for high GDP growth in the coming several years. The ongoing government reforms and low cost of capital should improve capital availability to Indian entrepreneurs, thus driving future growth. The quality of corporate balance sheets in terms of leverage and cash flow generation has also improved significantly. This makes us optimistic about the future.<\/p>\n

Valuation<\/h2>\n

The all-time high level of Sensex does not suggest a market-wide overvaluation. This is because Sensex is driven by few stocks, which makes it concentrated. There are pockets of extreme overvaluation and undervaluation. Sensex is led by a concentrated portfolio of Top 10 stocks- is higher than its fair price, while the same is not true for all stocks. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Future winners will be different<\/h2>\n

We expect different companies altogether to lead to the performance of Sensex<\/a>\/Nifty<\/a> over the next 5 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u00a0The above table shows different stocks that perform from one period to another and become part of the top 10 stocks.<\/p>\n