Nifty 50 negative returns; time to increase equity bets?

The Nifty 50 is a scoreboard for India's 50 biggest companies.

Over the last year, that scoreboard went down by a little less than 2%.

The drop happened because some foreign investors sold their shares, world events made people nervous, and company profits stopped growing as fast as before.

But experts say India's economy is not in real trouble — the market is just taking a breather.

People in India kept investing small amounts every month, which helped stop prices from falling too much.

Some experts think the market could climb to about 27,000 points by March 2027 if company profits grow by around 12%.

But there are risks too — problems in other countries could make it fall by as much as 20%.

So experts say it is fine to invest a little more, but only in good companies.

They like businesses that build things, make power, help the army, and manage money.