Stick to asset allocation during Covid 2.0

The advice to manage investments through appropriate allocation between debt, domestic equity, international equity, real estate and gold remains evergreen

As Covid rears its ugly head again, I revisit the column published on March 19, 2020. Rumours and fear were running rife as Lockdown 1.0 began from March 25, 2020. I want to reiterate to my readers the advice I had offered then.

Here is an abstract of what I wrote: For one, I am afraid, but not paralysed. In 2015, I had come down with swine flu. I remember the wave of fear that swept through me till a doctor friend calmed me down. He prescribed some medicines and asked me to rest and stay hydrated. I had a