Usually, personal finance advisors suggest gradually lowering equity exposure closer to retirement, but maintaining a portion in good quality stocks or mutual funds can add sheen to the portfolio
Only those who have a large portfolio and the ability to select the right fund managers should opt for it
While investors are looking to trim their equity positions, fund managers feel this could be an opportune time for investors to build fresh positions
With fortunes of mid- and small-cap stocks turning from the year's beginning, two-thirds of big schemes have taken a knock in 2018