for new inestors who are in the green now please take out your investment and let the profits run.if it goes up too much and you are having sleepless nights and dreams take out your profits too. when the shoeshine boy starts giving advice then its time to get out of the market. i have experienced a great bull run and fallen flat,because i didin't get out at the right time, when it dropped i thought it will come back again.no luck there. now i invest in the US market,still very cautious, once bitten twice shy. keep watching the US market the day there is a huge drop take out your money right away from the Indian market.its all tied in. then get back in if they cut interest rate in the US. invest only in small caps or mid caps with the money you can afford to lose and not become a poor man. large caps are all well researched and their price is pretty much the right price so don't think they will grow rapidly. and don't forget about earnings, future earnings are the most important. good luck. all though i am a skeptic i still believe if you are not in the market you are losing out a lot.