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Mutual funds hope India's mom-and-pop investors keep the faith in 2019

Equity funds form 42% of total assets, double the 2014 level

MFs' equity portfolio hit hard during February corrections
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Nupur Acharya & Ravil Shirodkar | Bloomberg
India’s $2 trillion stock market has been rattled in recent months by everything from high oil prices and tariff threats to a slumping rupee and a sell-off in non-bank lenders. The one thing that’s kept the gloom from worsening: robust flows from mom-and-pop investors.

That backstop is seen extending into 2019 after the bull market over the past five years helped ingrain a buy-the-dip mentality among locals. Consider this: equity funds bought a record 1.18 trillion rupees ($17 billion) of shares this year, negating sales of $4.5 billion by foreigners.

“In previous market corrections, investors would resort to panic selling,

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