Can retail investors sustain the market rally? - The Hindu BusinessLine
Can retail investors sustain the market rally? × They do not have the fire-power. The rally can be sustained only if the pandemic is contained fast and FPIs/MFs resume buying Foreign portfolio investors have acted as the main pillar supporting the Indian equity market since 2000, pumping in money year after year, with rare exceptions. Mutual funds have emerged as another important source of liquidity since 2014, as Indian investors adapted to this vehicle to invest in stocks. However both these liquidity channels have turned dry over the last two months. Foreign portfolio flows into Indian e...