Stock tips, mis-selling: Sanjay Kathuria flags key investment traps

Investors should avoid blindly following stock tips, chasing unrealistic returns and buying financial products without understanding their terms, said, Sanjay Kathuria, finance coach and creator, at the Smart Arena segment of the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2026, said. Highlighting common investment mistakes, he said investors often fall into traps by investing in penny stocks, expecting extraordinary returns within a short period, and trading in futures and options (F&O) in the hope of doubling or tripling their money overnight. “I have made almost every mistake that investors make,” he said during a conversation with Vedant Vichare on 'Quest for returns: how smart investors can avoid traps'.