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The current market drawdown has challenged investors' faith in long-term equity investing, especially those who have entered the markets in the last two years.

From SIPs and asset allocation to spotting multibaggers and achieving financial freedom, market experts shared wealth-building strategies at the BFSI Insight Summit 2026

Contrarian bets on capacity expansion, generational change in management, and corporate turnarounds can create opportunities for outsized returns, said experts.

Earlier, in the first nine months of the calendar year 2011, the BSE Sensex and Nifty had plunged 19.8 per cent and 18.9 per cent, respectively.

From a bottom-up perspective, there are more opportunities across the market given the challenging period that the market and economy have been through over the past two years, said Vetri Subramaniam.

Whether you are aiming for stability or higher returns, understanding market capitalisation is the key to building the right equity portfolio for your risk profile

Over a five- or 10-year view, if I were an Indian mutual fund investor, it makes sense to allocate half of your inflows into small- and mid-cap funds, Wood said.

The National Stock Exchange and the BSE will have no trading or settlement in stocks, derivatives, securities lending and borrowing segments on Monday.

Long build-up was seen in Canara Bank futures, with open interest rising alongside a 0.7 per cent increase in price.

It is best for the investors miss the India IT pack bus as we believe with the adoption of AI, our IT services companies' revenue models will have to undergo a reset, Irani said.

In contrast, foreign institutional investor (FII) holding declined to a new low of 17 per cent in June 2026, the MOFSL note said.

Wealth creation opportunities exist across all the cohort of market and investors are recommended to adopt bottom-up stock specific approach, says Baldev Prakash, MD & CEO of SBICAP Securities.

Shares of Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), driven by heavy trading volumes, gained nearly 4 per cent in intraday trade to touch ₹2,889 on the NSE on Tuesday.

Equirus Securities has assigned a target price of ₹653 for JSW Energy, implying an upside of 15 per cent. Similarly, Torrent Power received a target price of ₹1,515, suggesting over 5 per cent upside

For a balanced portfolio, Shiv Gupta of Sanctum suggests holding around 40 per cent in equities, 25 per cent in debt, and 25 per cent in alternatives, including private equity, private debt, and gold

Foreign investors remain overwhelmingly concentrated in India's largest companies, while domestic fund flows are increasingly directed towards midcap and smallcap stocks

IT companies on an average returned 85% of profits to shareholders via dividends or buybacks, with less than 15% reinvested in capacities and capabilities; the case is almost inverse for pharma firms.

Market correction is largely over and valuations remain attractive, says Mirae Asset CIO Neelesh Surana, citing earnings recovery and India's strong macro outlook

Angel One Group CEO Ambarish Kenghe discusses market volatility, India's long-term growth story, AI-led investing, retail participation, and tapping tier-2/3 cities for the next 100 mn investors