New Delhi, May 6 -- Stock market has been fairly volatile these days. After rising by 0.47 percent on Monday, Nifty50 closed with a loss of 82 points, or 0.33 per cent on Tuesday. The benchmark indices have been swinging wildly in the past few weeks amid uncertainty around the Trump tariffs, Ukraine war and most recently over tension between India and Pakistan over Pahalgam terror attacks on April 22.

Investors who tend to invest in equity mutual funds often struggle to choose the categories which are robust enough to face these swings seamlessly. So, which are the safest equity mutual fund categories to invest into? Most experts recommend large cap mutual funds while cautioning investors against investing in small cap schemes, which are...