I have maintained that there is a need to relook at the way large/mid/small-cap stocks are classified. Currently, the Top-100 stocks by avg. marketcap during the last 6-month period qualify as Largecap stocks. The Top 100 is split as Nifty50…
Read More Need to Increase No. Large & Midcap Stocks by Widening Categorization? And How to Do it?
Let's compare the Overlaps between major indices of Nifty50, Next50, Nifty100 and Nifty500. How to read this table? There is an 81% overlap in the portfolios of Nifty50 and Nifty100. This is not the overlap of just the number of…
Read More Comparing the Overlaps between major indices of Nifty50, Next50, Nifty100 and Nifty500.
Nifty50 has given +5.34% returns in this financial year (FY 2024-25). Here are the FY returns of the last 20 years.
Since the last few weeks, Nifty50 has been in a downward spiral, though not a brutal one. And at the time of writing on 4th February 2025, there have been 18 Negative Days out of the last 20 Days for…
Read More 18 Negative Days out of the last 20 Days for Nifty50
Indian markets have been falling for a while after making their lifetime highs around September-October 2024. Since then, at least Nifty50 has been slowly grinding down and has now given 5 Consecutive Negative Months. And this last happened almost 30…
Read More 5 Consecutive Negative Months for Nifty50 (Oct-2024 to Feb-2025)
If January 2025 ends on a negative note, then this will be the 4th Consecutive Negative Month for Nifty50. And this has not happened for 24+ years! Update (31-Jan-2025) - January 2025 actually did end in a negative of -0.58%…
Read More Will January-2025 be the (Rare) 4th Consecutive Negative Month for Nifty50?
17 years ago, when the 2008-09 Bear Market started, the days 21st January 2008 and the very next one 22nd January 2008, were forever etched in everyone’s (present then) memory. Nifty50 fell -8.70% and -5.94% on these two consecutive days.…
Read More 21-22 Jan 2008 (Fall of -8.70% & -5.94% for Nifty50) – Clustering of Big Days (Analysis)
Most people haven't experienced the 2008-2009 Bear Market. And there is no way to just read about it and experience the pain. It had to be lived through. It was tough and excruciatingly painful. Imagine the scenario where Nifty50, the…
Nifty Next50 is in a kind of (red) spotlight given its sharp correction. And more so because the fall in Next50 from its highs (-17.5%) is much higher than not only to its category of largecaps, but also to mid/small/microcap…
This will be a very short post. Here is a list of Nifty50 returns during the last 13 years. 2012: +27.7% 2013: +6.8% 2014: +31.4% 2015: - 4.1% 2016: +3.0% 2017: +28.6% 2018: +3.2% 2019: +12.0% 2020: +14.9% 2021: +24.1%…
Read More Nifty Give +8.8% in 2024. Just ONE Loss in last 13 Years (2012-2024)
What happens when you invest in Nifty50 and stay invested for 3 years? What happens when you invest in Nifty50 and stay invested for 5 years? What happens when you invest in Nifty50 and stay invested for 7 years? I…
Read More 3, 5 and 7-year Nifty50 Returns (Detailed 25-Year Analysis 1999-2024)
This will be a very short post. Here is a list of Nifty50 returns during the last 11 years. 2012: +27.7% 2013: +6.8% 2014: +31.4% 2015: -4.1% 2016: +3.0% 2017: +28.6% 2018: +3.2% 2019: +12.0% 2020: +14.9% 2021: +24.1% 2022:…
Read More Just one loss in last 11 Years – Nifty 2011 to 2022
After SEBI allowed the launch of passive (index-based) tax-saving ELSS funds, finally an AMC, IIFL has decided to launch India’s first tax-saver index fund. The fund - IIFL ELSS Nifty 50 Tax Saver Index Fund, as the name suggests tracks…
Read More India’s 1st Passive Tax-Saver ELSS Index Fund Launched. But Don’t Rush to Invest
