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«There will be a higher bounce in companies which are like a coiled spring, which have valuations which are attractive, results which have been good, and outlook is also good,» says Nimesh Chandan, CIO, Bajaj Finserv Asset Management. Because the last couple of months have been a bit dicey for the markets and we are in the correction territory now for what it is. But from here on, do you expect a lot more sideways move or do you expect that within the next three to six months we will resume sort of that swift bull run? Nimesh Chandan: So, Robert Shiller once said that corrections in a bull market come like a thief in the night. You cannot really time it. So, obviously, whenever it comes, people get a bit surprised and shocked. And this correction especially was triggered by one set of investors, the foreign investors, selling in a very intense way in say time crunched within one month. It is a record selling within that, so that is what got people a bit worried about this correction compared to any regular correction that comes in.

youngsters who are trading at a very fast pace and losing money. Now, here’s a fourth data point to suggest that it doesn’t seem to be bothering them, given that they continue to trade in derivatives in their search to make quick and more money. A recent research note published by ICICI Direct, a stock brokerage, points out that in March 2024, the monthly turnover of futures and options in India reached $1.1 trillion, from $27 billion in March 2019, a jump of close to 4,000%.

Older Americans keep rolling the dice in the stock market, ignoring the conventional wisdom to protect their nest eggs by shifting more of their investments to bonds. Nearly half of Vanguard 401(k) investors actively managing their money and over age 55 held more than 70% of their portfolios in stocks. In 2011, 38% did so.