“Hard carry” is a terminology used by gamers that refers to a player or game character dominating an entire game or a game mission, resulting in the player’s/character’s team victory, even though the rest of the teammates are either performing poorly and/or did not do anything much. Putting it in a general context, a person is seen hard carrying a group when he/she was the one pulling everyone through with his/her skills and/or knowledge.

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On the investment front, there could be a few securities or counters doing the hard carrying of gains, such as those that provided the most capital gains, or those that gave the most dividends, or a fair mix of both.

It would be an interesting exercise to see what counters are the “hard carries” in one’s own portfolio, and although it may be comforting to see which were