0:00 India has established a new migration and mobility accord with Switzerland.0:04 In our last briefing, we focused on bringing you stories with real impact, and while today is a quieter day for major national headlines, this development is a significant one.0:16 The agreement aims to streamline movement and cooperation between the two nations.0:21 Also in the news, reports indicate a continuing policy of deporting unauthorized immigrants from the country.0:28 And in sports, cricketer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been named captain of the Indian team for the upcoming Hong Kong Sixes tournament.0:36 But while the national news cycle is less turbulent, a new piece of analysis is shaping conversations in financial circles.0:44 It examines a simple question: if you invest the same amount of money, in the same way, every month...0:51 do you get the same results everywhere in the world?0:54 The answer is a clear no.0:56 And the data reveals something important about the Indian market's character.1:01 The analysis comes from Niranjan Avasthi, the President at Edelweiss Asset Management.1:06 It compares the performance of Systematic Investment Plans, or SIPs, across ten different global markets.1:13 The study looked at the decade from October 2016 to September 2026.1:17 Now, here’s how they did it, because the method is key.1:21 They didn't just look at one five-year period.1:24 They looked at one hundred and twenty different five-year windows, each one starting a month after the last.1:31 Think of it like taking a five-year-long video of the market, and then sliding that camera forward one month at a time, for ten years straight.1:40 This "rolling" approach smooths out any single good or bad period and gives a much clearer picture of an investment's consistency.1:48 All the returns were measured in US dollars, to make it a fair comparison.1:53 The results were stark.1:54 The clear winners on raw returns were the US markets.1:58 An SIP in the Nasdaq-100 would have given you an average annual return of nineteen point one percent.2:04 The S&P 500 was next, at thirteen point seven percent.2:08 So where did India stand?2:09 The average return for an Indian SIP was eight point four percent.2:14 That’s higher than France, Germany, Brazil, and China.2:17 But it’s not the number itself that tells the whole story.2:21 The real insight is in the CONSISTENCY.2:23 Of all the one hundred and twenty five-year periods they measured for India, ninety-eight percent of them ended with a positive return.2:32 Not a single one of them had a major loss.2:35 In fact, eighty-seven percent of all outcomes were clustered in a predictable range, delivering returns between six and twelve percent.2:44 Compare that to other markets.2:45 In Brazil, South Korea, and China, roughly a third of all five-year SIPs ended in a loss.2:51 Their worst outcomes were negative six to negative eight percent.2:55 So while you might have had a chance at a higher return, you also had a significant chance of losing money over a five-year timeframe.3:04 In the US, the returns were higher, but also more spread out.3:08 India’s performance was less spectacular, but it was far more reliable.3:12 As Avasthi put it, the "same discipline and the same monthly habit gave very different outcomes." Of course, it's important to remember that this is a look at past performance and is for informational purposes only.3:26 It is not financial advice, and an SIP method does not guarantee positive returns in the future.3:32 But the data paints a compelling picture.3:35 It suggests the defining feature of the Indian market over the last decade wasn't just growth, but stability.3:42 While other markets offered a rollercoaster of high peaks and deep valleys, India offered a steadier climb.3:49 For an investor, that changes the calculation from just asking "how high can this go?" to also asking "how reliable is the journey?"
