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Markets have witnessed many such falls in the past. When the tides are low, it takes down all the ships. Such a scenario triggers panic among investors, who forget this could in fact be the best time to accumulate stocks.

If markets are to reverse strongly, key triggers will be needed which in the current context could be the quick easing of inflation and a pause on the aggressiveness of interest rate hikes. Currently, there are no visible signs of such turning points. Therefore, it is unlikely that the markets are bottoming out.

“The “new-age” investors, it appears, are increasing the retail’s share in Options trading in the largecap space, a domain erstwhile dominated by institutional investors. As Options and Futures are usually margin funded, retail leverage should be increasing, as the data of the last few quarters shows,” IDFC Mutual Fund said.

John Kingham is the managing editor of UK Value Investor, an investment newsletter for defensive value investors which he began publishing in 2011 after leaving the computer software industry.

Twitter’s 9.7% drop in Friday’s trading delivered a $138.8 million boost in mark-to-market profits for short sellers, according to S3 Partners data, bringing potential returns for the month to $264.4 million.

As the carnage grows deeper in the broader market, Dalal Street is now full of pessimism. Amid heavy FII outflows, retail and other domestic investors have not been able to save Sensex. Market veteran Shankar Sharma says in situations like this, one should keep it simple - buy strength and not weakness.

"We generally tend to ignore negative news about something or give more credence to some positive news. Our ability to spot positive news more and ignore negative news is one of the things. Because of confirmation bias, investors stick to loss-making investments because they believe they will do well."

The crypto market is highly volatile and hence the risk-reward ratio is high. If an investor can learn risk management effectively, he/she can gain sizeable returns in the long run. Mock trading not only helps with buy/sell strategies but also with the psychological aspects of investing.

Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market value, last rose 4.85% to $29,925, rebounding from a December 2020-low of $25,400 which it hit on Thursday.

“In the past, Indian markets have always underperformed EMs after big FII selling since they influenced the prices. However, this time India’s outperformance remains at historic high. This is also resulting in incremental foreign liquidity moving into other underperforming EMs (largely China).”