Principal Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Monthly Dividend Option
Invests in bonds and loans. Lower returns than equity but much less bumpy — often used for shorter goals. From Principal Mutual Fund. It's been running since 2 Jan 2013.
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Vs 80 other funds in Debt Scheme - Credit Risk Fund
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Year by year
Calendar-year returns. 3 of last 7 years were positive.
Price over time
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Bumpiness & worst drops
The value swings roughly 9% 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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Head-to-head comparisons
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Technical details (for the pros)
Fund info
- Fund house
- Principal Mutual Fund
- Category
- Debt Scheme - Credit Risk Fund
- Plan
- Direct
- Option
- Dividend
- ISIN (Growth)
- —
- ISIN (Div re-invest)
- —
- Fund code
- 119449
- First price on record
- 2 Jan 2013 · 1,848 daily prices
About Principal Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Monthly Dividend Option
Principal Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Monthly Dividend Option is a Debt Scheme - Credit Risk Fund offered by Principal Mutual Fund under the Direct plan with the Dividend option. It has approximately 14 years of NAV track record. The fund falls in the debt category — Invests in bonds and loans. Lower returns than equity but much less bumpy — often used for shorter goals.
The current NAV of Principal Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Monthly Dividend Option is ₹1240.4208 (as of 4 Sep 2020). Historically, it has delivered 4.61% over the last year, -0.09% CAGR over 3 years, -0.02% CAGR over 5 years. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance.
Over the last three years, the fund's prices have moved with 9.1% annualised volatility — a "moderate" level of bumpiness; its deepest peak-to-trough fall on record was 8.2%. 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 Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Monthly Dividend Option?+
The latest NAV of Principal Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Monthly Dividend Option is ₹1240.4208 as of 4 Sep 2020, up 0.05% from the previous day. NAV is updated once a business day after the market close.
What are the returns of Principal Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Monthly Dividend Option?+
Principal Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Monthly Dividend Option has delivered 1-year return 4.61%, 3-year CAGR -0.09%, 5-year CAGR -0.02%, since-inception CAGR 0.12%. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance — markets move in cycles.
What category does Principal Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Monthly Dividend Option belong to?+
Principal Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Monthly Dividend Option is categorised as Debt Scheme - Credit Risk Fund. Invests in bonds and loans. Lower returns than equity but much less bumpy — often used for shorter goals.
How risky is Principal Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Monthly Dividend Option?+
Based on its 3-year annualised volatility of 9.1%, Principal Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Monthly Dividend Option sits in the "moderate" risk bucket. Volatility measures how much prices swing — higher means bigger ups and downs along the way.
Is Principal Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Monthly Dividend Option a direct plan?+
Principal Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Monthly Dividend Option is a Direct plan (no distributor commission — lower expense ratio) with the IDCW option (periodic distributions, taxable at your slab rate).
How old is Principal Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Monthly Dividend Option?+
Principal Credit Risk Fund - Direct Plan - Monthly Dividend Option has NAV history available from 2 Jan 2013 — approximately 14 years of track record and 1,848 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.