With the Lok Sabha elections just round the corner, the markets are expected to remain extremely volatile till the poll results are out in mid-May and probably a few days even after that. In such a situation, what should investors do? Should they sell out? Or just keep quiet till the markets stabilize? Or should they go with the flow and start buying stocks since the stock market is already at a new high and shift their investments mostly into stocks? The sensex crossed the 22k mark for the first time just two weeks ago.
According to Mukund Seshadri, founder, MSVentures Financial Planners, under the circumstances an average investor could do four things, in combination with each other, to have a relatively peaceful financial ride through these turbulent times. “During such volatile market phases, usually the portfolio structure also goes haywire,” said Seshadri.
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