Principal Retail Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option
A specialised fund. Check the scheme details for what it invests in. From PRINCIPAL Mutual Fund. It's been running since 2 Jan 2013.
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Year by year
Calendar-year returns. 0 of last 2 years were positive.
Price over time
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Bumpiness & worst drops
The value swings roughly 14% up or down in a typical year. Finance-speak calls this volatility.
A lump sum invested at the previous peak would have temporarily lost about this much before recovering. Finance-speak calls this max drawdown.
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Technical details (for the pros)
Fund info
- Fund house
- PRINCIPAL Mutual Fund
- Category
- Income
- Plan
- Direct
- Option
- Growth
- ISIN (Growth)
- —
- ISIN (Div re-invest)
- —
- Fund code
- 119434
- First price on record
- 2 Jan 2013 · 289 daily prices
About Principal Retail Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option
Principal Retail Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option is a Income offered by PRINCIPAL Mutual Fund under the Direct plan with the Growth option. It has approximately 14 years of NAV track record. The fund falls in the other category — A specialised fund. Check the scheme details for what it invests in.
The current NAV of Principal Retail Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option is ₹85.4500 (as of 28 Feb 2014). Historically, it has delivered 2.57% over the last year. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance.
Over the last three years, the fund's prices have moved with 13.8% annualised volatility — a "high" level of bumpiness; its deepest peak-to-trough fall on record was 17.3%. Being mentally prepared for drawdowns of this size is what separates long-term investors from reactive traders.
Frequently asked
What is the latest NAV of Principal Retail Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option?+
The latest NAV of Principal Retail Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option is ₹85.4500 as of 28 Feb 2014, up 0.65% from the previous day. NAV is updated once a business day after the market close.
What are the returns of Principal Retail Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option?+
Principal Retail Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option has delivered 1-year return 2.57%, since-inception CAGR -3.90%. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance — markets move in cycles.
What category does Principal Retail Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option belong to?+
Principal Retail Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option is categorised as Income. A specialised fund. Check the scheme details for what it invests in.
How risky is Principal Retail Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option?+
Based on its 3-year annualised volatility of 13.8%, Principal Retail Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option sits in the "high" risk bucket. Volatility measures how much prices swing — higher means bigger ups and downs along the way.
Is Principal Retail Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option a direct plan?+
Principal Retail Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option is a Direct plan (no distributor commission — lower expense ratio) with the Growth option (all returns compound within the fund, no interim payouts).
How old is Principal Retail Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option?+
Principal Retail Equity Savings Fund - Direct Plan - Growth Option has NAV history available from 2 Jan 2013 — approximately 14 years of track record and 289 daily NAV observations.
Numbers are computed from stored daily prices from mfapi.in/AMFI. This is descriptive analytics, not investment advice. Past performance is not indicative of future returns.