Time-Bound Tracker

Did the receding tide catch you swimming naked during the chaos caused by the crash of 2008? Stock guru Warren Buffet may have had scribes scrambling to their laptops to immortalise yet another phrase from the ‘Sage of Omaha’, but investors, who lost their shirts and more, are still running scared. Everyone wants their money to grow faster. To ensure that, they invest in equity. A major option open is through mutual funds (MFs). Now that the markets have rallied, the overbearing thought on the minds of investors is: ‘Am I headed for another skinshow?’

This article was originally published on September 19, 2009.