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title: "U.S. Markets (S&P 500) vs India (Nifty 50) - is the returns profile reversing?"
slug: sp500-vs-nifty50-returns-profile-reversing
date_published: 2026-02-15T10:00:00.000Z
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# U.S. Markets (S&P 500) vs India (Nifty 50) - is the returns profile reversing?

![S&P 500 vs Nifty 50](/images/blog/sp500Nifty.png)

Nifty 50 has generally outperformed S&P 500 for a long time - going back to post-Y2K if my recollection is right. ...but there have been windows where the trend reversed.

Is this one of them?

I ran the numbers across multiple time horizons - starting 2007 before the 2008 crash (18 years) ....10 years, 5 years, 3 years, 2 years, and 1 year. The charts tell an interesting story. Long term, Nifty still leads. But zoom into the last 2-3 years and S&P has pulled ahead significantly.

Temporary? Structural? You'll get as many opinions as there are experts. I'm still processing the data myself.

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title: S&P 500 vs Nifty 50 - Returns Comparison
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Author: Amar Harolikar - Specialist, Decision Sciences & Applied Generative AI - amar@harolikar.com - https://www.linkedin.com/in/amarharolikar
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