New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- Think of your exes-you may still nurture tender feelings for some of them, but most are in the category of "Good Lord, what was I thinking when I started dating them" or "fell in love with them" or God forbid, "married them!"

You don't even want to think about them now, do you?

The stocks on the last page of your depository participant (DP) statement, which details your portfolio, are mostly in the latter category. You loved them once but now wonder how you got entangled with something so useless or toxic.

While having nothing to do with your ex may be good for your mental health, avoiding your previously loved stocks can really harm your financial health if they are still lurking on your depository statement.

I ...