SEBI has increased the circuit filters from 8 to 16 per cent for 200-odd scrips. I expect to see increased volatility. The small investor should never be playing in the stock markets anyway. They should always enter the markets only through the mutual funds. Markets are very complex and there are professionals who should be doing this work.
Funds nowadays are very transparent and their transactions are also very transparent.
So there is no reason to fear. This would be my advice to the small investors. Well, it is a new concept and it will take some time to gain acceptability. Things are changing fast and for the good. But the funds will also have to regulate themselves well and also educate the investors about the products and their intricacies.