How much did DSP Large Cap Fund fall in The 2008 Global Financial Crisis?

DSP Large Cap Fund fell 51.7% from its peak NAV of ₹96.391 (4 Jan 2008) to ₹46.53 (27 Oct 2008), based on published NAV history.

How long did DSP Large Cap Fund take to recover?

The NAV regained its pre-crash peak on 9 Aug 2010 — 21 months after the bottom.

What happened to ₹1 lakh invested at the worst possible time?

₹1,00,000 invested exactly at the pre-crash peak fell to ₹48,272 at the bottom, was ₹55,005 one year after the peak — and is worth ₹4,72,405 today (1 Sept 2026).

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How DSP Large Cap Fund survived The 2008 Global Financial Crisis

Lehman Brothers collapsed, global credit froze, and the Sensex fell from 21,000 to under 8,200 in 14 months — the deepest crash in modern Indian market history. FIIs pulled out ₹53,000 crore. Investors who fled locked in their losses; those who stayed saw one of the greatest recoveries ever.

The fall

-51.7%

4 Jan 2008 → 27 Oct 2008

Index fell

-61%

Sensex, peak to trough

Recovery time

21 mo

peak regained 9 Aug 2010

₹1L at the peak → today

₹4,72,405

worst-possible timing, held on

The full round trip

NAV from 1 Jan 2008 to 9 Aug 2010 — peak ₹96.391, bottom ₹46.53, peak regained 9 Aug 2010.

The ₹1 lakh stress test — invested at the worst possible moment

Invested at the pre-crash peak (4 Jan 2008)	₹1,00,000
Value at the bottom (27 Oct 2008)	₹48,272
Value one year after the peak	₹55,005
Value today (1 Sept 2026)	₹4,72,405

The lesson isn't that crashes don't hurt — it's that selling at the bottom turns a temporary fall into a permanent loss. The investor who bought at the absolute worst day and simply held is in profit today.

The unluckiest SIP experiment

Imagine starting a ₹10,000/month SIP on the exact peak day — the single unluckiest start date possible — and continuing for 24 months straight through the crash:

Invested

₹2,40,000

Worth today

₹16,37,709

Return

+582%

Crash-month installments bought units cheap — that's the whole SIP thesis, demonstrated with real data instead of a brochure.

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How this page is produced

Every figure above is computed from our archive of published AMFI NAV history for DSP Large Cap Fund, to NAV dated 1 Sept 2026. Nothing here is copied from a factsheet or a third-party summary. The full method is published, including its limitations.

Drawdown, recovery and rebound figures are measured from the fund's own NAV series across the event window — not from a factsheet summary. Past performance, including past recoveries, does not guarantee future results.

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