The List of Evergreen Stocks to Buy in 2019 and Forget Forever

Stocks tips providers are in abundance but no one is suggesting the best stock to invest now and forget forever. Will will consider such stocks that you can buy in any dips and keep on forgetting but before we begin a rant for stock tippers.

The most crucial aspect to consider a stock tips provider is the success ratio, and the CAGR one can make following them.

My view has always been; all stock tippers are a fraud. It never adds up.

If you find a great stock to invest, will you invest or let others invest and make money?

Moreover, how can someone come up with a stock idea daily?

But, we see people come up with 3 to 4 trading or investment ideas everyday.

The reason they give the stock ideas is, they follow the standard disclaimer. Moreover, no one verifies how many times they hit the stop loss versus the target.

So randomly choose any stock with a target and stop loss level, and it is all ok because no one is going to put a success ratio on the tips.

But what if we do …

What about ethics?

Is it ethical to share stock tips with a standard disclaimer?

My List of Forever Stocks of 2011

I don’t provide stock recommendations because I believe in:

Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.- Maimonides

But from time to time, there are companies that we discuss. Not from a suggestion point of view to understand the investing process.

In 2011, I was beginning to learn the process of investing. I am still learning but have come a long way. I still want to full proof of the method to eliminate the dark horses that get into my portfolio now and then. Force Motor is one such in my current portfolio.

If we had purchased 1 unit each from my forever stock list of 2011, this is how the portfolio would have shaped considering the dividends, bonus, and splits.

The CAGR return of 18%+ for the past eight years is great for me.

The reason I am sharing is not that I want to boost what I did or want to share stock tips.

The main reason for sharing is there are a few key lessons we can learn from the above portfolio. However, we can create our list of forever stocks in 2019, as well.

So if you read the above article, you will find the gist to form the list was based on India’s growth story.

The Performance of 2011 Forever Stocks

Now looking at the performance, We find a clear distinction among the stocks. Let us classify the above stocks into three categories.

1. Not Acceptable Returns

So definitely the companies like

1. Coal India
2. Lovable Lingerie

Didn’t generate acceptable returns.

So if you analyze my investment checklist, fundamental analysis, and business checklist, you will find I emphasize highly to avoid PSU companies.

The reason is quite apparent. They didn’t perform well enough for a very long time now. One may argue the current news flows of divestment can make PSU stocks perform. The question is, we are trying to guess which company will be divested first. And few will jump 20% as well.

I consider that as a noise for investors, and one should invest in companies that have growth potential for the next decade.

Similarly, we always look for the next Page Industries; I did the same in 2011. However, there is never the next, which I realized lately. I have explained it in detail in the OPM article here.

2. Ok CAGR Returns

Not so good return but a still OK type of returns.

1. Infosys
2. VIP Industries
3. CRISIL
4. Hero Motocorp

These companies were investors’ favorite pre-2011 – Infosys in the correction of 2008 or Hero MotoCorp for growing Rural demand in India or CRISIL the darling of every investor in 2011.

Each only managed ok return for the investor.

3. Better Than Average Returns

1. Havells India
2. Titan Company
3. Asian Paints
4. Nestle India

Gave better than 18% CAGR returns.

The real money is investing in the companies that will be able to grow in the next decade.

The book, One Up on Wall Street, has a process to find such stocks taking cues from outside the market.

I follow the same method to find my list of stocks now.

Moreover, The UnUsual Billionaires have shared the complete process to find such companies.

My List of Evergreen Stocks in 2019

Based on the above strategies, if I had to pick and choose companies, to invest in, they are:

• Page Industries
• Lupin
• Zydus Wellness
• Amara Raja Batteries
• Divi’s Laboratories
• Pidilite
• Marico
• Britannia Inds
• Balkrishna Inds

Companies like Titan Company, Asian Paints, Nestle India will remain on the list forever. As the market cap of such companies is over 1 Lac crore, I don’t prefer fresh investment in them.

They are huge companies that will give stable returns, but I am more of a mid-cap investor, where I am fine, even losing 50% of my portfolio for better performance.

Final Thoughts

I have nine companies on my list. Can you help me find one more company that should get be in the list of forever mid-cap stock in 2019?

Share your list of forever stocks in the comments below.