Cricketers and Stocks

Inspired by Jrod’s “Workmanlike” post on English Cricketers, I relate the Indian cricketers to stocks in this post.

Virender Sehwag is the hot stock that reaches unprecedented levels on a single day and performs badly on other. On its day, it can set it up for you and you can achieve never-before gains. This is not a blue chip stock and therefore does not ensure long-term returns. But the investors can make more hay when the sun shines on this stock.

Gautam Gambhir is a reliable growth stock. The returns are not as high as the Sehwag stock, but the returns are positive even during falling stock markets. When combined with Sehwag stock in your portfolio, this stock can provide healthy returns upfront. This stock has generated amazing returns in the last year and is the preferred stock for investors with diverse risk profiles. This is a stock for all seasons.

Rahul Dravid. Once the blue-chip stock everybody traded, today this is nothing more than a penny stock. This is more like the IT or Automotive stock, the worst hit in the recent financial crisis. The company is soon to go broke. To be liquidated with immediate effect.

Sachin Tendulkar, registered with the Bombay Stock Exchange, is like the blue-chip stock Reliance. This is a tried and tested stock and is to be considered for the longer term (preferably 20 years). It is highly advertised by the RBS Investment bankers and is the most preferred stock of the international investors. The returns of the stock fluctuate every year, but they are huge in the longer run. An investment in this stock in 1989 should have given you a return of 16000 times the invested amount today. A must have stock in your portfolio.

VVS Laxman is an international Mutual fund which has invested mostly in Australian growth stocks. The returns of this fund is proportional to the performance of the Australian markets. The stronger the Australian markets, the greater the returns of this fund. In the recent past, this fund has been reported to do well in times of falling Australian markets as well. Not the fund that is preferred by the short-term investors, but has provided marginal short term gains too.

Yuvraj Singh is the stock every long-term investor buys in anticipation. More often than not, the stock fails to deliver returns to its potential. It has been fairly consistent in providing short-term returns. Recently, the stock has witnessed a lot of buying activity from long-term investors. However, this is a high risk stock and is to be eschewed by people with low risk taking propensity.

Mahendra Dhoni. Not the mutual fund preferred by purists and long-term investors, but does the work. When present in your portfolio, it hedges the risk of individual stocks and guarantees stable return on investment. This fund has stayed invested in every sector of the market – shoe polish manufacturing companies to hair styling cream manufacturing companies. This is the highly advertised open-ended mutual fund with an ever growing corpus. It has announced a 400% dividend recently.

Harbhajan Singh is the most volatile stock. Can bat for you in falling market conditions and can bowl you over when you expect it to perform. Can slap you on the face, if you are not alert.

Amit Mishra, the stock that replaced the Anil Kumble stock in most mutual funds has impressed in this short duration. A stock to watch out for in the future.

Zaheer Khan, a promising stock at its inception, lost its way in the middle. Has reversed its way in the recent past and has been to stock of the year so far.

Ishant Sharma, the most promising growth stock introduced a year ago, is the favourite of the long-term investors. It has impressed short-term investors equally and is one of the most high-valued stock traded in the Indian Premier Exchange.