Stay put? Raise cash? What should be your portfolio strategy in runup to the Budget?

Kunj Bansal, NISM, recommends a divided investment approach, focusing on long-term and trading portfolios. He elaborates on portfolio strategies pre-Budget, the pharma sector's defensive appeal, and recent underperformance driving market interest. The IT sectoe has corrected significantly and depending on how things shape up we might see the buying interest coming back.