{
  "id": 7757511,
  "title": "Nifty Midcap 150 drops 20%-plus once every 4.2 years, shows 21-year data",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/nifty-midcap-150-drops-20-plus-once-every-4-2-years-shows-21-year-data",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-09-16T09:44:59.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindu BusinessLine",
    "slug": "hindu-businessline",
    "url": "https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/markets/nifty-midcap-150-drops-20-plus-once-every-42-years-shows-21-year-data/article71471817.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Over the past 21 years, the Nifty Midcap 150 index has fallen more than 20% five times, with such declines happening roughly every 4.2 years. Additionally, the index has experienced eight corrections of 10-20%, occurring about once every 2.6 years, and 17 pullbacks of 5-10%, roughly once every 1.2 years. Currently, the index is at 23,537, just 0.01% short of recouping from its most recent drop. Despite this volatility, the data suggests benefits of staying invested. A ₹10,000 investment in the Nifty Midcap 150 TRI since April 2005, held until August 2026, would have grown to ₹3,00,810, with an annual growth rate of 17.23%. However, avoiding market fluctuations comes at a significant cost. For instance, missing the five best trading days reduced the final corpus to ₹2,05,241, cutting the annualized return to 15.15%. Leaving out the best 30 days resulted in ₹66,638, with annualized returns dropping to 9.26%. By missing the best 50 days, investors would have had ₹33,258, yielding a meager 5.77% annualized return. Abakkus Mutual Fund, registered with SEBI in August 2025, based these findings on internal research and publicly available data, emphasizing the importance of a long-term investment strategy in the face of market volatility.",
  "summary": "Despite the recurring volatility, the data makes a case for staying invested",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}