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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.
MNC funds: all five with 3 years trail the Nifty MNC
10 Oct 2026
Seven MNC funds manage ₹17,518 crore. Over three years to 9 October 2026 the five old enough returned 5.0% to 8.7% a year; the Nifty MNC TRI made 12.7%.
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Momentum index funds compared: fees, lag and size
10 Oct 2026
Eight Nifty200 Momentum 30 index funds charge 0.68% to 1.02% and trailed their index by 0.64 to 1.20 points in the year to 9 October 2026.
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India's newest fund houses: 15 launched since 2023
10 Oct 2026
Fifteen fund houses opened their first scheme after 2022. In July–September 2026 they managed ₹1,11,693 crore together, 1.28% of the industry.
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Nifty 500 and Total Market index funds compared
10 Oct 2026
Nine index funds track the Nifty 500 or Nifty Total Market, at fees of 0.17% to 0.71%. Motilal Oswal's holds 64% of their ₹4,856 crore. Data to 9 October 2026.
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Nifty Bank index funds compared: costs and tracking
10 Oct 2026
Ten Nifty Bank index funds charge 0.22% to 1.46%. The eight with a year's record returned −1.18% to −1.41% to 9 October 2026; the index, −0.74%.
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Nifty Capital Markets P/E at 43.0 as earnings rise 19%
10 Oct 2026
Nifty Capital Markets closed at a P/E of 42.97 on 9 October 2026, below its median of 44.79. The index rose 17.6% in a year and the earnings behind it 18.7%.
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Nifty Chemicals P/E at 41.9, P/B near its lowest yet
10 Oct 2026
Nifty Chemicals closed at a P/E of 41.89 on 9 October 2026, below its median of 44.42 since March 2025. Its P/B of 3.68 is the second-lowest on record.
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Nifty EV index P/E at 39.2, and half of it is Nifty Auto
10 Oct 2026
Nifty EV & New Age Automotive closed at a P/E of 39.21 on 9 October 2026, 1.36 times Nifty Auto's. Its P/B is near a low; its earnings fell 21.5% in a year.
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Nifty Healthcare P/E at 41.3: 2.1 times the Nifty 50
10 Oct 2026
Nifty Healthcare closed at a P/E of 41.28 on 9 October 2026, above 85% of sessions on record and 2.14 times the Nifty 50, close to its widest gap.
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Nifty India Consumption P/E at 36.5, near a five-year low
10 Oct 2026
Nifty India Consumption closed at a P/E of 36.54 on 9 October 2026. Only 53 of 1,235 sessions in five years were lower, and its P/B of 6.54 is near a low too.
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Nifty India Digital P/E at 27.5 after earnings doubled
10 Oct 2026
Nifty India Digital closed at a P/E of 27.53 on 9 October 2026, down from 66.99 a year ago: the earnings behind it rose 116% while the price fell 11.2%.
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Railways PSU P/E at 19.6: price down 41%, earnings flat
10 Oct 2026
Nifty India Railways PSU closed at a P/E of 19.64 on 9 October 2026, 40.8% below its record close, with the earnings behind it where they were in December 2024.
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Nifty India Tourism P/E at 85, up from 49 in June
10 Oct 2026
Nifty India Tourism closed at a P/E of 85.17 on 9 October 2026, up from 48.99 on 1 June. The price rose 3.8%; the earnings behind the index fell 40.3%.
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Nifty Midcap 150 index funds compared: costs and tracking
10 Oct 2026
15 Midcap 150 index funds charge 0.29% to 0.72%. The seven with a 3-year record returned 13.39–13.73% a year to 9 October 2026; the index, 14.16%.
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Nifty Smallcap 250 index funds compared: costs and tracking
10 Oct 2026
11 Smallcap 250 index funds charge 0.32% to 0.64%. Over 3 years to 9 October 2026 they trailed the index's 14.09% by 0.60 to 1.14 points a year.
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Nippon India Mutual Fund in 2026: fastest of the big five
10 Oct 2026
Nippon India Mutual Fund averaged ₹7,87,053 crore in July–September 2026, up 19.9% in a year, the fastest growth among the five largest fund houses.
Fund IndustryPortfolio HoldingsNPS for government employees: returns by pension fund
10 Oct 2026
The NPS Central Government scheme returned 7.46–7.54% a year over ten years at SBI, UTI and LIC to 8 October 2026, and about 0% in the past year.
RetirementFund ReturnsInvesting StrategyNPS Tier II vs Tier I: do the same schemes return the same?
10 Oct 2026
Same manager, same scheme, two accounts. Over ten years Tier II equity was within 0.18 points a year of Tier I; Tier II's Scheme G led at all ten in a year.
RetirementTaxFund ReturnsNPS Vatsalya: returns so far, and what happens at 18
10 Oct 2026
The new NPS Vatsalya schemes started at ₹10 on 23 January 2026. By 8 October all ten were below it, down 4.72% to 8.31%. What the rules allow at 18.
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NSC interest: the 80C top-up and the tax at maturity
10 Oct 2026
₹1 lakh in NSC at 7.7% becomes ₹1,44,903 in five years. Four years of interest can count for 80C; the fifth is taxed. What that leaves at each slab.
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