Hi Chandnee, I'm an invester for the last 2.5 years, and I'm one among those many who shed blood during the Crash in May, 2006. I invested in shares Asian Paints, NDTV, Andhra Bank, TCS and Gujarat Ambuja cements at the peak time (12000) and after 2 weeks the sensex Crashed...I was shocked...all my advisors told me to get out of the market and reduce ur further lose..but I was very much sure that, crashing in share market is bound to happen, in any market...Its inevitable..but it wont be the end in any case...it will bounce back after some days...
And finally, the golden days came back again...I sold all my shares when I got more than 15-20 % profit...and again invested when the prices came down...From my experience what I feels is that, investing in shares will yield you good returns always..but important thing is that, dont get panic when the market crashes...becoz...share market is like that...just keep ur positions and make the crashes as an opportunity to buy more shares at a cheaper rate...