Fly or Die: Last Year’s Diwali Picks

It is that time of the year again when brokerage houses try and pick stocks for “muhurat trading.” Let’s see how they fared with their 2013 picks. NIFTY is up +27% since last Diwali.

Kotak Securities

Kotak picked 11 stocks that returned about +50%. Sharpe: 0.16732

kotak's 2013 Diwali picks

Microsec

Microsec picked 9 stocks that returned about +37%. Sharpe: 0.12822; but their portfolio has been pummeled lately.

microsec's 2013 Diwali picks

Globe

Globe’s 10 stocks returned about +37% but with a much lower Sharpe (0.11445) compared to Kotak and Microsec. It hit its peak sometime in July and its been sliding since then.

globe's 2013 Diwali Picks

Prabhudas Lilladher

Prabhudas Lilladher picked 4 stocks. Got to admire their courage here. +45% since Diwali, Sharpe: 0.15509.

Prabhudas Lilladher's 2013 Diwali stock picks

2014 Picks

We have created new themes to track brokers’ 2014 Diwali picks. Kotak, Globe and ET have published their recommendations so far.

You can find all Broker Recommendations here.