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Buy on Dips in Investing is a Mistake

 Are you delaying your investments waiting for the market to fall again? Here is why waiting for the suitable time to invest in the market can an expensive and irreversible mistake. When the Nifty crashed by 37% in March 2020, everyone feared the worse and with good reason. We expected a further crash or at least a sideways movement at that level (mid-7000). As usual, the market has a mind of its own and defied all expectations. The nifty moved up 53% since then and several mutual funds have registered healthy gains, many moving up by 75% after the market crash. Those who were waiting for “lower levels” to invest have to deal with rue and regret. We can only hope the regret is over the right reason: money lost in the market can be gained back but time once lost is lost forever. The market in an intractable beast and investor assume they can actually slip in between raindrops without getting wet.  Dolly Parton could not have said it better: “if you want the rainbow, you gotta p...