Equity ~Life Changers or Life Maimers ?

Equity ~Life Changers or Life Maimers ?

This Thought was inspired by a Whatsapp Forward received this morning titled Power of Equity .It listed many Life Changing Wealth Creators that grew many fold from just Rs 10000 invested in each  & carried a concluding Message in Capitals ” INVEST WISELY WITH LOTS OF PATIENCE “

This was the List & I’m assuming the Years & CAGR Maths is correct with Dividends not being considered :

1. Eicher Motors-1992 => Rs 80 lakhs
2. Asian Paints-1986 => Rs 90 lakhs
3. HDFC -1990 => Rs One Crore
4. Brittania – 1985 => Rs 1.06 crs
5. MRF – 1985 => Rs 1.10 crs
6. BOSCH -1985 => Rs 1.20 crs
7. Amara Raja -1991 => Rs 1.25 crs
8. Shree Cement -1990 => Rs 2.90 crs
9. Infosys – 1993 => Rs 3 crs
10. Dr Reddys -1986 => Rs 10 crs
11. WIPRO -1981 => Rs 400 crs

Cannot Argue with this Message for I’ve seen three of my Scrips,in even relatively quick time inside five years of investment too becoming over 100 Baggers ~Matrix Labs( early Millenium & now delisted as sold to Mylan),Mercator(early Millenium) & WIPRO ( from 1997 to  early 2001)

It is rare for most investors to live the Conviction & Temperament to hold for long & ride the Huge Life Changing Gains.Imagine if more than Rs 10000 had been invested in each of the above,especially WIPRO!

However my Thought is what about Wrong Convictions on the High Fliers that became Wealth Destroyers &  Life Maimers !

Here are a few of them ,most yet listed & struggling to revive & how much worth would your Rs 10000 invested in each of them be now ….most are Horror Stories of the past decade or a little more…sure you can contribute more…My Horror Stories  have been the Damania Group’s Damania Capital Markets to mention one.Bad Judgement Call that Cost!It was compulsory delisted in July 2004.

~Suzlon -2005=>Rs 842  &  2008=>Rs 348 ! => 92% to 97% wiped out after considering 10:2 Split in January 2008 when it reached an all time high of Rs 2300 before split.Current Price Rs 16.Promoter Tulsi Tanti is yet on board though Dilip Shanghvi of Sun Pharma Group has acquired a major stake in it @ Rs 18 in February 2015.Mandatory Open Offer at Rs 18 to other Shareholders in January 2016 met with no success.The Share Price had raced to Rs 30 from where it has halved & is below the Open Offer & Stake Price of Rs 18.Shareholders hold out Hope of Revival back to Glory Days in the years ahead under Dilip Shanghavi.So far it’s been a muted share price trading range in recent months.

~Unitech-2006 => Rs 505 => 95% wiped out after adjusting for 12:1 Bonus & 10:2 Split in June 2006 & 1:1 Bonus in Aug 2007.Reached a high of Rs 14800 in 2006 before Bonus & split .Current Price under Rs 6

~Kingfisher Airlines-2006/7 => 0 ! => 100% wiped out & scrip suspended for trading from 2012/2013 & restricted trading from June 2015 ~ reached a High of Rs 335 in 2007

~Subex-2005 => Rs 250 => 97.5% destroyed after considering 1:1 Bonus in January 2006.Reached a High of Rs 887 in 2005.Current Price Rs 11

~Global Trust Bank=>2001 => 0 ! => 100% wiped out as overnight in 2004 it was removed from Demat ISIN list & Trading & only Assets moved to Oriental Bank of Commerce though RBI had knowledge in 2001 itself of how the bank was in trouble with Ramesh Gelli heading it & it being scammed by Ketan Parekh. Shareholders woke up one morning in 2004 to see no Global Trust Bank Shares in their Demat Account!.Matters were allowed to drift & even Trading was sadly allowed right till the end.I remember an NSE Broker aggressively,foolishly in my view at the time,picking up lakhs of shares in and around par at the fag end in 2004 just before Trading was ended , in a hope of a white knight rescuing the Bank!.Trapped with no Exit!Lost all!    

~Reliance Power-2008=>Rs 1269=>87% wiped out! after considering 3:5 Bonus in May 2008 immediately after January 2008 IPO at Rs 450 with 5% retail discount .It recorded a high of Rs 600 in 2008 on Issue Listing.Current Price is @ Rs 47 

~DLF-2008=> Rs 1184 => 88% destroyed.However it’s been declaring a 100% dividend of Rs 2 on FV Rs 2 share every year which even if considered computes to 87% destruction of investment.It recorded a high of Rs 1225 in January 2008.Current Price is Rs 145 which is a double from the 52 week  low of Rs 72.Rakesh Jhunjhunwala loves this company just in case you are inspired to ‘jhunjhun’ the scrip with him to ‘rake’ in!…:-) just playing with words !  

~Vascon Engineers-2010 => Rs 1939 =>81% destroyed!It came out with a book building IPO in January 2010 at Rs 165-175 and fixed price at Rs 165.CNBC’s Managing Editor at the time stated it had pedigree & will trade around IPO price with a downward drift…what a drift!.It sank the very next year to Rs 36 in 2011 and recorded an all time low of Rs 13.50 in 2014.in July 2015 Enam’s Vallabh Bhansali’s Tamla Chemicals subscribed to 14:19 rights at Rs 15  &  even more & the share price began it’s hopeful revival march towards Rs 40 high in 2015 & 2016.It is currently @ Rs 38,up in a few days from Rs 30 levels.The destruction is 67% if rights were taken .I believe many of the 5000 odd shareholders at the time did not subscribe to the rights which allowed Tamla Chemicals to increase it’s stake by subscribing for more.    

Living on Hope & Dying in Despair….Most of the above Wealth Destroyers were issued at Obscene IPO Premiums in a very Bullish Market fueled by the nexus hype of Promoters,Lead Managers,Brokers & Media Professionals that seduced investors

I have showcased many of the above stocks in my Training Sessions & even here on my blog  over the years while assessing Value vs Price

Cut to present 2017 ~ Many are now sensing multibagger opportunity through turnarounds in these wealth destroyers that yet are listed & jumping in & some of the affected original investors are even averaging to reduce their holding cost !

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