My portfolio finally reached the value "
X" today - where
X is the all time high it reached in Dec 2007. However, I had added some cash to the portfolio a few months back - so its not that the portfolio has recovered the entire amount I "lost" after Dec 2007.
From now on, if the portfolio value appreciates by 5% by the end of this month, I will have (X + 0.05*X). I will sell shares worth 0.05*X in February, so that the portfolio value remains at X. I intend to move the proceeds into debt funds and this process will continue every month.
I currently have 33% of my investments in debt funds and 67% in equities. So as my portfolio value rises, debt funds percentage keeps going up while equities go down.
I might lose out on some part of future potential gains - but I intend to reduce the damage by following a mechanical process of selling. Out of the 93 companies I own, I intend to sell the high trailing P/E stocks first. In Valueresearchonline.com, it is possible to list all the stocks by descending P/E order with the click of a button.
Basically, the first to go would be high P/E FMCG stocks like Nestle, Marico, ITC - which don't have much scope for huge appreciation anyway. I let low P/E tiny caps like Anjani Cement (PE of 3), ABC Paper (PE of 4) and Lincoln Pharma (PE of 5) run.