Avoid leverage, respect valuations and let earnings, cash flows and balance sheet strength, not narratives, guide investment decisions
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Time in the market trumps market timing. Experts say investors can create wealth through sensible decisions applied consistently over long periods
Sanjay Kumar SinghKarthik Jerome
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Aug 14 2026 | 11:44 PM
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Booms and busts are intrinsic to stock markets. Since the 1991 reforms, India’s equity market has shown how money and narratives fuel surges before excesses, leverage and misplaced faith trigger collapses.

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