In the below subsection, we will do a detailed performance analysis of NIFTY Small Cap Indexes which will include their return and risk analysis since 2005. This analysis will also help mutual fund investors in the risk-return profile of small-cap mutual funds as there is a dearth of data related to small-cap mutual funds which goes back up to 2005.   

1. A longer investment horizon curtails the chances of negative returns. If someone had invested in NIFTY 50 for 10 more years, he would not have received a negative return.
2. For a ten-year investment period, the average return is 11.63% (CAGR).
3. A 15-year investment period provides the best average return of 12.29% (CAGR).
4. A 30-year investment period would have given a return of 11.31%, which would have made 1,000 rupees 24890 as of 31^st January 2025.

1. Once upon a time per capita GDP of India was higher than China. Now GDP per capita of India is one-sixth of China's GDP per capita. 
2. For year 2023, GDP per capita of India was 2239 USD and for China it was 12174 USD.
3. In 2022, India had GDP per capita of 2099 USD whereas China GDP per capita was 11560 USD. 
4. In 2021 GDP per capita of India was $1936 whereas the GDP per capita of China stood at $11188.