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India Retail Traders Cut Back on Leveraged Bets as Stocks Slide

Bloomberg Markets Friday 23 October 2026, 02:34 UTC By Samie Modak 1 min read
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India Retail Traders Cut Back on Leveraged Bets as Stocks Slide Zerodha founder Nithin Kamath has repeatedly voiced concerns about the use of margin loans by clients to buy stocks. This article is for subscribers only. Good morning, I’m Samie Modak in Mumbai, here to round out another wild week in global markets.

India Retail Traders Cut Back on Leveraged Bets as Stocks Slide Zerodha founder Nithin Kamath has repeatedly voiced concerns about the use of margin loans by clients to buy stocks. This article is for subscribers only. Good morning... Good morning, I’m Samie Modak in Mumbai, here to round out another wild week in global markets. While the rest of the world is fretting over a rotation out of AI stocks, India has its own reasons to worry. For one, retail traders are showing signs of jitters over small-cap shares, despite strong inflows into domestic mutual funds.
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