which is better to invest - mutual fund or direct in equity / stock Start with 70percent in mutual fund and 30percent in equity. sensex goes down for technicalx correction in every 3 to 6months. One should focus on study and comparision of right stocks from right sector. Mutual fund falls moderately in comparision to equity so we suggest you to fall with mf and rise with equity. means if nav of 10/- goes down to 9 when market falls but equity will go 10 to 6 in same fall. So sell mf at that moment and enter into equity part by part.Switching will be mild if you are not doing it in single shot. because no one can find exact bottom.It may continue to fall even after your entry. One can buy put or sell call to hedge equity portfolio in falling market. keep booking part profit on each jump of market. there will be 60/40 then 50/50 and finally 40/60 ratio. when MF goes from 9 to 10 then equity will go from 6 to 10 in the same time. So fall with MF and rise with equity. small a...