Mantra to cope with stock market volatility: Understand, plan, then ignore

Investing according to your risk profile will help you stay put when the markets go down, which they inevitably will, says expert

The past week has been akin to a roller coaster ride for the Indian stock markets as the US-Iran standoff raised temperatures in West Asia and sparked fears of an all-out war. The year gone by was no less turbulent, as fears of an economic slowdown in India took a toll on stock prices. 

According to industry experts, equity markets are likely to remain volatile even in 2020, owing to factors such as weak earnings, elections in key state such as Delhi and Bihar, the US-China trade war, and the announcement of a new Brexit deal. While the large-cap indices