Don't consider investing in ZODIACLOTH now, it is risky at the moment

ZODIAC CLOTHING CO. LTD. underperformed on Tuesday. It returned -0.8% to close at 136.95. On a day when the overall market breadth was 70%, it closed higher than 19% of the market. In comparison, the benchmark NIFTY-50 index closed today at -0.0036%.

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ZODIACLOTH showed a flat trend over the last 3 months. During this period ZODIACLOTH returned -0.15% and saw a maximum drawdown of -9.93%. It has been unusually choppy during this period. Long term investors are better off avoiding investing in ZODIACLOTH till volatility reduces and a clear trend emerges.

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ZODIACLOTH has been underperforming the NIFTY-50 index in recent time, after having outperformed till 8 Feb, 2016. Over the last 3 years and 1 month, ZODIACLOTH underperformed the NIFTY-50 index on 53% days.

During the last three months ZODIACLOTH delivered losses on 56% days. However, it still managed to end this period in a profit. It's best return during this period (of +6.38%) was on Thursday, 13 Dec, 2018. While it's worst loss in the same period (of -5.2%) was on Thursday, 6 Dec, 2018. There was initially a bullish trend during this period which started on 19 Nov, 2018 and went on till 26 Nov, 2018. The bullish trend returned +5.38% to investors. This was followed by a bearish trend that started on 3 Jan, 2019 and ended on 8 Jan, 2019. This bearish trend lost -4.4% of investor capital.

On monthly basis, ZODIACLOTH delivered losses in more months over the last year, than profits. ZODIACLOTH delivered profits less regularly than NIFTY-50 index. ZODIACLOTH was also a more risky investment than NIFTY-50 index as it's worst month in the last year, Feb 2018, returned -14.31% compared to -6.42% returned by NIFTY-50 index in Sep 2018. ZODIACLOTH and NIFTY-50 index, both had periods of 2 consecutive profitable months. It is interesting to note that both ZODIACLOTH and NIFTY-50 index significantly outperform during months when quarterly/annual results are announced.

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ZODIACLOTH is becoming less volatile overall. In comparison, the NIFTY-50 index is seeing a fall in volatility. During the last three months, there was a significant fall in ZODIACLOTH's volatility from 19 Dec, 2018 to 22 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 ZODIACLOTH has significant negative skewness in it's return distribution. This indicates that ZODIACLOTH is very risky for short-term investment and can significantly underperform for long durations.

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

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