There was a discussion last month, dont remem the topic, but i posted HUL bcos i've had it. bought even in this dip.
This was probably one of very few stocks that didnt dip in 2008 crash.
Infact, what i wrote was, if you saw this chart in 08 period, u wouldn't even have known that such a crash ever happened.
but its very difficult to have a portf with 2-3, in hindsight it looks good.
Historically, pharma and fmcg are referred to as defensive for the same reason.
Now if you see BajFin price adjusted data, from 2007 high of 50 to low of inr. 5, it went to 5k this year. So each one has its own adv/disadv.
But for me, bottom line is EQ is an inherently risky asset class so if u remove the risk from it, and fear the DD, then it kills the return factor also.
Divislab also was great in that period. To some levels Titan/asianpaints also.
Now its very different, with so many algo models, it looks like the worst gets priced and hammered in one shot.
Even in that cae HUL, would've done a 8-10X return in same period.
Its like an FD is the mkt