Nifty 50 Since 1990

  1. longer investment horizon curtails chances of negative return, if someone has 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 11.42% (CAGR).
  3. A 15-year investment period provides the best average return of 12.29% (CAGR).

Sectoral Indices

  1. The last 20 years of the Indian stock market have shown multiple winners and loser sectors.
  2. FMCG is a clear winning sector it has a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of close to 20% which could have resulted in 1 lakh rupees multiplying to 38 lakhs.
  3. The second winner is the auto sector with a CAGR of 19.83% and the third winner is the financial services sector with a CAGR of 19.02%
  4. The obvious losers are the PSU banks and the pharma industry with a CAGR of 11.76% and 14.32% respectively.

  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.