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What the numbers said — fund returns and costs, foreign and domestic flows, index valuations, gold and silver — plus tax, retirement and personal-finance basics, written from the same data the rest of this site shows, with the date on every figure.
Motilal Oswal Mutual Fund by the numbers: 89 schemes
15 Oct 2026
Motilal Oswal managed ₹1,58,858 crore in July–September 2026, up 30.7% in a year. Five older equity funds hold 79% of its equity money; 15 are newer.
Fund IndustryFund Returns
Not one of 528 equity funds is at a record NAV right now
15 Oct 2026
On 13–14 October 2026 the median equity fund sat 7.2% below its highest NAV; 223 set that peak in August 2026 and 72 of them on 31 August alone.
Fund ReturnsMarket Recap
28% of equity funds launched since 2024: cohorts by year
15 Oct 2026
162 of 585 equity funds began in 2024, 2025 or 2026, and 106 of them are sector or thematic. The 2022 and 2023 launches show 13–14% three-year medians.
Fund IndustryFund Returns
The best and worst NSE index in every year since 2013
14 Oct 2026
Last year's best NSE index finished in the bottom third the next year in 7 of 13 cases, and last in two. Winners and losers for 2013 to 2026, from NSE's data.
Market RecapSectors
What debt funds charge: expense ratios by category
14 Oct 2026
Median Direct expense ratios run from 0.11% in overnight funds to 0.80% in credit-risk funds. The Regular-plan gap is up to 0.78 points. October 2026 TER data.
Costs & FeesDebt & Hybrid Funds
Do FII flows move the Nifty? 518 sessions compared
14 Oct 2026
On days FIIs were net buyers the Nifty 50 rose 66% of the time; on net-selling days, 41%. FII flows line up with the day's move, DII flows run opposite.
FII & DII FlowsMarket Recap
Gold and silver: how long each took to regain its peak
14 Oct 2026
Gold took 2,474 days to regain its 2012 peak in rupees; silver took 3,391 days. Today gold is 18.0% and silver 44.9% below their January 2026 highs.
Gold & SilverInvesting StrategyHow long the Nifty 50 took to regain each peak since 1999
14 Oct 2026
Of 11 falls of 15% or more since 1999, the median took 402 days from peak to a new high; three took over 1,000. The current one is 284 days old.
Market RecapInvesting StrategyHow top-heavy are equity funds? Top-10 weights, 2026
14 Oct 2026
The median top-10 holdings weight runs from 25.7% in small-cap funds to 50.0% in focused funds, from AMC disclosures to 30 September 2026.
Portfolio HoldingsInvesting Strategy
How many 1% days the Nifty 50 has had each year
14 Oct 2026
The Nifty 50 moved more than 1% on 47 of 192 sessions in 2026 to 13 October. 2017 had 21 all year; 2008 had 163. Counts for every year since 1999.
Market Recap
Nifty 50's deepest fall in every year since 1999
14 Oct 2026
The Nifty 50 fell 10% or more from a within-year high in 23 of the 27 years to 2025. In 2026 the fall reached 15.6% on 8 October. Year-by-year table.
Market RecapInvesting Strategy
Earnings or P/E: what has moved the Nifty 50 since 2013
14 Oct 2026
Since end-2021 the Nifty 50's earnings are up 62.6% but its P/E is down 19.5%, so the index rose 30.9%. Year-by-year split of earnings and valuation.
Market ValuationsMarket Recap
5-year Nifty 50 SIPs: every start month since 1999
14 Oct 2026
Of 275 five-year SIPs in the Nifty 50 since January 1999, four ended below the money put in. The median returned 1.39 times; the best, 3.00 times.
Investing StrategyFund Returns198 stocks on the ASM watchlist: who is in Stage IV
13 Oct 2026
The exchanges' surveillance list held 198 stocks on 12 October 2026, 13 of them in Stage IV, the highest stage. Only three are in the Nifty 500.
Market RecapPortfolio Holdings
Nifty, Nasdaq, gold, silver: the winner each year since 2017
13 Oct 2026
In rupees, the Nifty 50 was never the best of six assets in a year from 2017 to 2026, and the worst in three. The full year-by-year scoreboard.
Investing StrategyMarket Recap
How far debt and hybrid funds fell: worst 3-year drawdowns
13 Oct 2026
Over three years to October 2026, gilt funds fell 3.6% at the median at their worst, aggressive hybrids 13.1%, liquid funds almost nothing. All categories.
Debt & Hybrid FundsFund ReturnsEquity funds that grew most in July–September 2026
13 Oct 2026
HDFC Mid Cap gained ₹9,306 crore of average AUM in July–September 2026; Bandhan Small Cap grew 26.1%. 210 of 227 large equity schemes grew.
Fund Industry
How often DIIs bought what FIIs sold, quarter by quarter
13 Oct 2026
Since September 2024 FIIs sold on 367 of 518 sessions. On 236 of them domestic institutions bought at least as much. The record by quarter.
FII & DII FlowsGold and silver's biggest one-day moves since 2000
13 Oct 2026
Silver lost 31.5% in rupees on 30 January 2026, the worst day in our data since 2000. Gold fell 11.0% that day. The biggest daily swings, ranked.
Gold & Silver
How index-like are active equity funds? R-squared view
13 Oct 2026
Large cap funds have a median R-squared of 0.96 against their benchmark; sector funds 0.83. Which active funds track an index, and which do not.
Fund ReturnsInvesting Strategy