Sethurathnam Ravi- Advices Retail Investors To Diversify Their Portfolios

At a time when the Covid-19 pandemic and consequent lockdowns affected the economy, the stock market was one of the very few areas where the wheels were still turning. This attracted many new investors, and a record number of new Demat accounts were opened. During then pandemic, the Indian stock market witnessed lakhs of new investors form the Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities. However, this enthusiasm seems to have waned as returns from the market have flattened in recent months. From a high of 20 lakh new investors in October 2021, it has dropped to 13 lakhs in April 2022.