“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen” 

This quote by Mr. Vladimir Lenin perfectly sums up what we saw in the last 6 months: A once in a century event, health care crisis, unprecedented lockdown, WFH culture, high unemployment, steep market correction followed by questionable recovery and finally hope for a vaccine that will be the panacea of all these ills. We have seen it all. 

2019 has been an year full of surprises. Even though Sensex touched all-time highs, the returns didn’t seem to translate for the investors. Main reason for this anomaly was the fact that very few companies participated in the upward journey of Sensex. Few big stocks like Reliance, Bharti Airtel, HUL etc. gave good and handsome returns. On the other hand, majority of the listed stock universe gave below-average to negative returns.