Buy Hold Sell: 5 of your top stock picks

If there is one thing this anonymous writer can take away from the comments left on this very platform, not to mention our Meet the Investor series, it's that Livewire's readers seriously know what they are talking about.

Many of you have been investing for years, if not decades - and a large majority of you have done it all on your own (without the help of a financial services professional).

Given that reporting season is now behind us, as well as the volatility that we have seen in markets of late, we thought it would be wise to ask Livewire readers which stocks they would like to see covered on Buy Hold Sell.

So in this episode, Centennial Asset Management's Matthew Kidman was joined by abrdn's Michelle Lopez and First Sentier's David Wilson for their analysis of five of your top stocks.

Many thanks to all the readers who sent stock requests, particularly Wendy, Lisa, Walter, Chris, and Fred, whose picks ended up being selected for this episode. We are keeping the remaining stock picks in our back pocket for future episodes.

Note: This episode of Buy Hold Sell was filmed on Wednesday, 30th August 2022. You can read an edited transcript below:

Timecodes:
0:00 - Intro
0:30 - Is Fisher & Paykel Healthcare (ASX: FPH) a buy, hold or sell?
1:28 - Is Westpac (ASX: WBC) a buy, hold or sell?
2:35 - Is Transurban (ASX: TCL) a buy, hold or sell?
3:42 - Is IDP Education (ASX: IEL) a buy, hold or sell?
4:56 - Is Woolworths (ASX: WOW) a buy, hold or sell?

[hotchinahk]

Thank you for your stock picks, I disagreed with the panel of WBC, may not grow much as the panel expected, but for a income stock is stable and well support as one of the 4 pillar banks.

[simondupre]

Good thoughts and nice to hear speakers who dont drop “um” “ah” “you know” every few words.

[dehaka]

can you ask michelle to do appen? she's talked about it quite a few times before.

[mikelamonaca]

FPH SELL (Dividend low, expensive), WBC SELL Low asset growth, low dividend growth), TCL SELL (No profit growth, High debt, current ratio low, dividend low, not return on capital, way too expensive), IEL SELL (No dividends, very expensive), WOW SELL ( dividends equity and profit low growth, debt too high, current ratio low, dividends low, expensive)