Archive · 31 Dec 2025
Nilesh Shah highlights 2025's mathematical wonders
Nilesh Shah, a well-known figure in the stock market, shared a post on social media about the year 2025.
He pointed out that 2025 is a special year because of its unique mathematical properties.
For example, 2025 is a perfect square, which means it can be calculated by multiplying 45 by 45.
It's also the product of two other squares, 9 squared and 5 squared.
Additionally, 2025 can be expressed as the sum of three other squares: 40 squared, 20 squared, and 5 squared.
The most interesting part is that 2025 is the sum of the cubes of all single-digit numbers from 1 to 9.
Shah also shared his thoughts on the market outlook for 2026, suggesting that while returns are expected to stay positive, investors should prepare for a more moderate phase.
He highlighted key risks such as inflation, technological disruption, and global political tensions.
Nilesh Shah highlighted the mathematical uniqueness of the year 2025 on social media.
2025 is a perfect square (45 × 45) and a product of two squares (9² × 5²).
2025 can be expressed as the sum of three squares (40² + 20² + 5²).
2025 is the sum of the cubes of all single-digit numbers from 1 to 9.
Shah expects a moderate market phase in 2026 with key risks including inflation and global political tensions.
- Who
- Nilesh Shah, market veteran and managing director of Kotak Mutual Fund
- What
- Highlighted the mathematical properties of the year 2025 and shared market outlook for 2026
- When
- As 2025 draws to a close
- Where
- On social media platform X (Twitter)
- Why
- To acknowledge the unique numerical elegance of 2025 and prepare investors for the market outlook in 2026
- Year
- 2025
- Mathematical Property 1
- Perfect square (45 × 45)
- Mathematical Property 2
- Product of two squares (9² × 5²)
- Mathematical Property 3
- Sum of three squares (40² + 20² + 5²)
- Mathematical Property 4
- Sum of cubes of 1 to 9
- Market Outlook
- Moderate phase expected in 2026
- Key Risks
- Inflation, technological disruption, de-dollarisation, AI debate, US–China rivalry