Nifty 500 vs S&P 500: India or US, innovation is the only game in town for investors
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- ✓The S&P 500 showed a 16 per cent CAGR outperformance over India’s Nifty 500 in the three-year period ended October 30, 2026.
- ✓While many investors worry about Indian equities, data showed that innovation drives market success in both nations.
- ✓Companies that failed to innovate got punished by investors in America.
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Foreign investors have never been this bearish on India, or so the latest market chatter goes. Just two years ago, they could hardly get enough of Indian equities. How quickly sentiment changes! Meanwhile, a section of Dalal Street apparently believes every market disappointment deserves a government remedy. But amid all the wailing, investors may be missing the forest for the trees, yet again. What if India’s bigger problem is not insufficient encouragement to buy its stocks, but a lack of innovation among the companies issuing them?
And this may not be India’s problem alone. Even in America, the stock market is increasingly distinguishing between businesses driving innovation and those struggling to keep pace.
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