Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management of Top 10 Stocks Picks in India Amid Market Turmoil in COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted economic activity and have caused recessionary situation. It has also disrupted an economy like India which is set to grow now at slower pace for a decade. Stock market reacted very sharply with the increased number of infected population. Amid all this, Macquarie, a Sydney based Investment Bank, is bullish on ten stocks mentioned in this paper. This paper analyses these ten stocks from Investment Perspective and shows how a portfolio can be created using these stocks. This paper, with the help of optimization model, tries to understand the effect of diversification and find out the optimal number of stocks considering the risk and return. The model duly considers the investor’s appetite as well. The research indicates that if Financial Analysis is done in a right manner, we can analyze Investments rigorously and Manage Portfolios by using Excel and Google Sheets. It can be concluded that, the returns can be maximized and risk can be minimized by proper Investment Analysis and creating an optimized portfolio using top stock picks even in this Market Turmoil caused due to pandemic like COVID-19.