Sharp stock market decline unnerve investors in stocks, mutual funds: 4 ways to navigate choppiness

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The sharp decline in the markets has unnerved investors in stocks and mutual funds. The investment portfolios that were growing at a fast clip are now awash in red. The worst hit are investors who had come into this volatile arena with a short-term perspective.

The worst investing mistakes are committed during bullish times. Jagmohan Dutta has seen many bull runs and bear phases in the past two decades, yet he got carried away by the FOMO (fear of missing out) factor when the markets were zooming last year. The Pune-based army veteran decided to invest heavily in equity funds in September 2020, and added more when the markets fell in December. “I made the mistake of entering the markets in a big way at

Babar Zaidi

ET Bureau

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Jun 20, 2022, 06:30 AM IST

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Sharp stock market decline unnerve investors in stocks, mutual funds: 4 ways to navigate choppiness

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The sharp decline in the markets has unnerved investors in stocks and mutual funds. The investment portfolios that were growing at a fast clip are now awash in red. The worst hit are investors who had come into this volatile arena with a short-term perspective.

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The sharp decline in the markets has unnerved investors in stocks and mutual funds. The investment portfolios that were growing at a fast clip are now awash in red. The worst hit are investors who had come into this volatile arena with a short-term perspective.