Irrespective of global or political set up on the domestic front, long-term investors should focus on stocks which can give earnings visibility, and have a high margin of safety with high corporate governance standards.

Stock-specific play: Brokerages bet on 15 companies for 10-44% returns in 2019

Mayuresh Joshi of Angel Broking said the year 2019 will largely be a year of stock-specific stories.

Technical Views | Top buy & sell ideas by Ashwani Gujral, Sudarshan Sukhani, Mitessh Thakkar for short term

Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com recommends buying Siemens with a stop loss of Rs 1020, target of Rs 1075, Can Fin Homes with a stop loss of Rs 284, target of Rs 298 and Bajaj Finserv with a stop loss of Rs 6400, target of Rs 6550.

Technical Views | Top buy & sell ideas by Ashwani Gujral, Prakash Gaba, Mitessh Thakkar for short term

Mitessh Thakkar of mitesshthakkar.com advises buying CESC with a target Rs 750.

L&T, ICICI Bank among top largecap bets for 2019 by Credit Suisse

Credit Suisse prefers investment-related stocks (due to likely continuity in public capex growth) over consumption-focussed stocks for India in 2019.

Technical Views | Top buy & sell ideas by Rajat Bose, Mitessh Thakkar, Prakash Gaba for short term

Rajat Bose of rajatkbose.com recommends buying Cadila Healthcare with stop loss below Rs 350.80 for target of Rs 356.90 and Colgate Palmolive with stop loss below Rs 1259.90 for targets of Rs 1299 and Rs 1308.

Investec raises price target of L&T as performance of subsidiaries consistently improving

Investec sees L&T as an excellent play on government capex pick-up.

Buy Larsen & Toubro, target Rs 1600: Ashish Chaturmohta

The stock can be bought at current levels and on dips towards 1395 with a stop loss below Rs 1360 and a target of Rs 1600 levels, says Ashish Chaturmohta of Sanctum Wealth Management.

State election verdict, RBI policy in focus for market ahead: Anand Rathi

Globally almost all the markets like commodity, currency, bond and equity have been very volatile in the last two-three months. Some of this volatility is still continuing in the developed equity markets

ICICI Bank, HDFC among 10 picks based on September quarter results: Motilal Oswal

MOSL’s FY19/20 Nifty EPS estimates have been cut by 4.4/2.9% to Rs 515/655 v/s Rs 539/674 earlier

Buy Larsen & Toubro, target Rs 1600: Ashish Chaturmohta

The stock can be bought at the current level and on dips to Rs 1,390 with a stop loss below Rs 1,360 for a target of Rs 1,600, says Ashish Chaturmohta of Sanctum Wealth Management.

Nifty must sustain above 10,850 for rally towards 11,090; RIL among Sanctum's top 5 bets

Further rise in VIX is likely cap the gains in markets and trade in a range. VIX needs to move lower for market to move higher, says Ashish Chaturmohta of Sanctum Wealth Management.

Top buy & sell ideas by Ashwani Gujral, Sudarshan Sukhani, Mitessh Thakkar for short term

Ashwani Gujral of ashwanigujral.com suggests buying Ceat with a stop loss of Rs 1240, target of Rs 1285, ICICI Bank with a stop loss of Rs 355, target of Rs 372 and Larsen & Toubro with a stop loss of Rs 1375, target of Rs 1430.

Samvat 2075 outlook: Volatility to persist, Nifty could trade in 9,734-11,618 range

Being an election year, Ajay Jaiswal of Stewart & Mackertich Wealth Management believes a sharp upside cannot be ruled out in case the ruling Government once again manages to retain thumping mandate.

Nifty target for Samvat 2075 at 11,800; these 4 stocks can give double-digit returns

Price growth in Nifty will mostly come through earnings growth while valuation multiple will see continued contraction, said Vineeta Sharma of Narnolia Financial Advisors

Global brokerages expect up to 45% upside in L&T after Q2 results

Macquarie has an overweight rating on L&T and has raised its target price to Rs 1,880 from Rs 1,825 while JP Morgan has also maintained its overweight rating on L&T with a target price of Rs 1,570

Buy or sell: Top stock trading ideas by market experts which are good short-term bets

Rajesh Agarwal of AUM Capital recommends buying Canara Bank with stop loss at Rs 255 and target of Rs 272 and Graphite India with stop loss at Rs 938 and target of Rs 970.

Diwali favourites: Sharekhan picks 12 portfolio stocks for Samvat 2075

Invest in quality companies with a healthy growth outlook and reasonable valuations.

Macquarie & Standard Chartered handpick 18 stocks in the October strategy report

Macquarie has recently upgraded its Nifty50 target to 12,000 for March 2019. It expects largecaps to perform better than midcaps as the latter is still vulnerable from valuations and flows

Sell Larsen & Toubro, says Jayant Manglik

Traders can initiate fresh shorts in the range Rs 1225-1235. It closed at Rs 1221 on October 15, 2018.

Earnings will dictate trend for market this week; Lupin, Tata Global top buy ideas

We expect further rebound in markets but the upside also seems capped. The Nifty50 may face hurdle in the 10,550-10,700 zone while 10,100 would continue to act as crucial support

After deep cuts seen on Dalal Street, you can buy these 12 value picks for double-digit returns

Use the dips in the market to accumulate or buy into quality stocks.

Larsen & Toubro has target of Rs 1,894: AnandRathi

On profitability front, the company’s consolidated operating margins stood 16.2 percent in Q1-FY19 at Rs 45,683 million as against 14.6 percent at Rs 34,693 million in Q1-FY18.

'Nifty to trade in 10,500-11,600 range in FY19; avoid HFCs, L&T among top 5 buys'

In the current market scenario one should avoid leveraged positions and investors should diversify their portfolios, said Ajay Jaiswal of Stewart & Mackertich Wealth Management

Sensex below 38K! Find out top 10 stocks that are fundamentally strong

Despite the current correction, the Nifty50 is still up 8.6 percent and the Sensex 11.3 percent year-to-date, which indicated that the market has been managing to climb all wall of worries very easily, experts said.