In search of an ideal investment advice during war

For the past one month, social media has been full of asset managers, financial influencers and experts in the field trying to pitch in with investing advice when the Nifty 50 dipped more than 11% in March 2026 alone.

For the past one month, social media has been full of asset managers, financial influencers and experts in the field trying to pitch in with investing advice when the Nifty 50 dipped more than 11% in March 2026 alone.

While mutual funds and major stocks are underperforming, the advice that markets will turn around after war-driven corrections and investors will gain has almost become a thumb rule today.

Some experts, however, caution that this time, it might not be the same and ‘buy the dip’ may just not be straight away the best investment advice.

“It does not look like a regular garden-variety correction. I think it is more of a one-time event in nature. This is because we haven’t seen this sort of hostility between nations since the Second World War and the current generation of investors have not been exposed to a war as serious as the one we are in now,” said U.R. Bhat, a veteran investor and Co-founder of Alphaniti Fintech.

“If Nifty breaks the 52-week low of 21,744 and trades below the number for one or two weeks, it is better new investors don’t enter the market,” Mr. Bhat said. Similarly, mutual fund holders with long-term goals like retirement can stay put. “If the SIP is for a specific target of say 2 years or 3 years then I don’t think that is right when the markets are too volatile and probably heading downwards,” he continued.

Some experts are slightly more optimistic but base it on calculations.