The best investors, it turns out, may be the ones who forget they even invested. That’s the core message from Saurabh Nanavati, MD & CEO of Invesco India AMC, who believes the real wealth in mutual funds is created not by market timing—but by time in the market. Advertisement

In a candid video, Nanavati shared a telling anecdote about a relative that underscores this philosophy. “I just had an aunt last week who said she didn’t even remember her investment,” he said. Curious, he asked his team to dig up her folio. What they found surprised even him: an investment made in 2014 had grown by over 6.2 times in just 11 years.

“She was so happy,” Nanavati said, adding that the fund wasn’t even a high-risk play. “It’s not a mid- or small-cap fund—it’s our flagship Contra Fund.”

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