POLYMED investors looking to exit as part of sectoral rotation

POLY MEDICURE LIMITED was among the worst performers on Friday. It delivered -1.85% to close at 215.35. On a day when the overall market breadth was 71%, it closed higher than 64% of the market. In comparison, the benchmark NIFTY-50 index closed today at +0.02%.

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Buy-and-Hold investors in POLYMED experienced a maximum drawdown of -12.25% over the last three months. It delivered -2.31% during this bearish trending period. There were both Long and Short signals during this period, where the short signals were marginally more profitable than the long signals.

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POLYMED has been underperforming the NIFTY-50 index in recent time. It showed significant underperformance (compared to the NIFTY-50 index) from 20 Mar, 2017 to 21 Jun, 2018. Over the last 3 years and 1 month, POLYMED underperformed the NIFTY-50 index on 53% days.

During the last three months POLYMED delivered profits on 52% days. However, it still managed to end this period in a loss. It's best return during this period (of +8.51%) was on Monday, 3 Dec, 2018. While it's worst loss in the same period (of -4.26%) was on Tuesday, 20 Nov, 2018. The longest stort-term trend during this period was 7 profitable days, which started on 27 Nov, 2018 and went on till 5 Dec, 2018. This bullish trend returned +15.98% to investors.

The last 12 months saw POLYMED's investors making profits in 6 months and incurring losses in 6 months. During the last year, POLYMED delivered profits in more months than NIFTY-50 index. POLYMED significantly outperformed NIFTY-50 index in Jul 2018, when it returned +13.33% compared to +6.56% returned by NIFTY-50 index during it's best month in the last one year - Jul 2018. POLYMED and NIFTY-50 index, both had periods of 2 consecutive profitable months. It is interesting to note that both POLYMED and NIFTY-50 index significantly outperform during months when quarterly/annual results are announced.

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POLYMED is currently seeing overall fall in volatility. In comparison, the NIFTY-50 index is seeing decrease in volatility. During the last three months, there was a significant fall in POLYMED's volatility from 3 Dec, 2018 to 17 Jan, 2019. While there was a significant fall in the NIFTY-50 index's volatility from 31 Oct, 2018 to 5 Dec, 2018.

Advanced/professional short-term investors should note that POLYMED has significant negative skewness in it's return distribution. This indicates that POLYMED is very risky for short-term investment and can significantly underperform for long durations.

NIFTY-50 index has more chance of extreme outcomes than POLYMED. Therefore, NIFTY-50 must receive a lower allocation than POLYMED in your portfolio. NIFTY-50 index usually has shorter drawdown period than POLYMED.

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