“Hiren Ved advises a contrarian approach, being bullish on deploying money into Indian equities for medium to long-term gains during the current market selloff driven by West Asia tensions and oil spikes. He believes markets are mispricing temporary geopolitical risks, creating opportunities in 'damaged' but fundamentally strong stocks. He recommends avoiding defensives at this point and expects domestic institutional investors to provide a floor by deploying accumulated cash during this dip.”