Principal Dynamic Bond Fund- Direct Plan - Dividend Option - Quarterly
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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Year by year
Calendar-year returns. 5 of last 7 years were positive.
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Bumpiness & worst drops
The value swings roughly 7% up or down in a typical year. Finance-speak calls this volatility.
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Fund info
- Fund house
- Principal Mutual Fund
- Category
- Debt Scheme - Dynamic Bond
- Plan
- Direct
- Option
- Dividend
- ISIN (Growth)
- —
- ISIN (Div re-invest)
- —
- Fund code
- 119459
- First price on record
- 2 Jan 2013 · 1,848 daily prices
About Principal Dynamic Bond Fund- Direct Plan - Dividend Option - Quarterly
Principal Dynamic Bond Fund- Direct Plan - Dividend Option - Quarterly is a Debt Scheme - Dynamic Bond 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 Dynamic Bond Fund- Direct Plan - Dividend Option - Quarterly is ₹13.8951 (as of 4 Sep 2020). Historically, it has delivered 7.81% over the last year, 0.82% CAGR over 3 years, 0.69% 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 7.4% annualised volatility — a "moderate" level of bumpiness; its deepest peak-to-trough fall on record was 11.2%. 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 Dynamic Bond Fund- Direct Plan - Dividend Option - Quarterly?+
The latest NAV of Principal Dynamic Bond Fund- Direct Plan - Dividend Option - Quarterly is ₹13.8951 as of 4 Sep 2020, down 0.05% from the previous day. NAV is updated once a business day after the market close.
What are the returns of Principal Dynamic Bond Fund- Direct Plan - Dividend Option - Quarterly?+
Principal Dynamic Bond Fund- Direct Plan - Dividend Option - Quarterly has delivered 1-year return 7.81%, 3-year CAGR 0.82%, 5-year CAGR 0.69%, since-inception CAGR 1.10%. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance — markets move in cycles.
What category does Principal Dynamic Bond Fund- Direct Plan - Dividend Option - Quarterly belong to?+
Principal Dynamic Bond Fund- Direct Plan - Dividend Option - Quarterly is categorised as Debt Scheme - Dynamic Bond. Invests in bonds and loans. Lower returns than equity but much less bumpy — often used for shorter goals.
How risky is Principal Dynamic Bond Fund- Direct Plan - Dividend Option - Quarterly?+
Based on its 3-year annualised volatility of 7.4%, Principal Dynamic Bond Fund- Direct Plan - Dividend Option - Quarterly sits in the "moderate" risk bucket. Volatility measures how much prices swing — higher means bigger ups and downs along the way.
Is Principal Dynamic Bond Fund- Direct Plan - Dividend Option - Quarterly a direct plan?+
Principal Dynamic Bond Fund- Direct Plan - Dividend Option - Quarterly 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 Dynamic Bond Fund- Direct Plan - Dividend Option - Quarterly?+
Principal Dynamic Bond Fund- Direct Plan - Dividend Option - Quarterly 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.