ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW
Invests in bonds and loans. Lower returns than equity but much less bumpy — often used for shorter goals. From ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund. It's been running since 4 Feb 2013.
What ₹1 lakh would have become
Based on past returnsThese are calculations from the fund's past prices, not a prediction. Real future returns can and often do differ.
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Year by year
Calendar-year returns. 4 of last 7 years were positive.
Every N-year window, not just today's number
Standard return metrics pick one arbitrary endpoint. Below, we take every overlapping N-year window in ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW's history and show the full distribution of outcomes — so you can see the typical case alongside the best and worst a real investor could have experienced.
1-year holding
2,076 windows- Positive over the window45% of windows
- Beat a 7% FD7% of windows
- Typical range (middle 50%)-3.37% to 3.07%
- Vs same-category peerstop 95% of same-category peers
3-year holding
1,592 windows- Positive over the window66% of windows
- Beat a 7% FD0% of windows
- Typical range (middle 50%)-0.52% to 1.49%
- Vs same-category peerstop 65% of same-category peers
5-year holding
1,110 windows- Positive over the window63% of windows
- Beat a 7% FD0% of windows
- Typical range (middle 50%)-0.35% to 1.02%
- Vs same-category peerstop 65% of same-category peers
How to read: each bar shows the spread of CAGRs across every holding window — the darker central band is the middle 50% of outcomes; the lighter band is 80%. The vertical tick is the median. The amber line marks 7% (roughly where long-term bank FDs sat). All numbers are historical, computed from the fund's own NAV series.
ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW has fallen 14.9% at its worst.
This is the worst peak-to-trough fall the fund experienced in its entire NAV history — real historical data, not a simulation. If someone bought near the peak and panic-sold at the trough, that's the loss they'd have locked in. Someone who held through is still waiting for a full recovery. Being mentally ready for a fall of this size is what separates long-term investors from reactive traders.
Price over time
How the per-unit price has moved. Tap a range to zoom in.
Bumpiness & worst drops
The value swings roughly 8% 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
- ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund
- Category
- Debt Scheme - Long Duration Fund
- Plan
- Direct
- Option
- IDCW
- ISIN (Growth)
- —
- ISIN (Div re-invest)
- —
- Fund code
- 120748
- First price on record
- 4 Feb 2013 · 2,320 daily prices
About ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW
ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW is a Debt Scheme - Long Duration Fund offered by ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund under the Direct plan with the IDCW 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 ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW is ₹11.9879 (as of 16 Sep 2022). Historically, it has delivered -3.85% over the last year, -1.98% CAGR over 3 years, -0.43% 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 8.0% annualised volatility — a "moderate" level of bumpiness; its deepest peak-to-trough fall on record was 14.9%. 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 ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW?+
The latest NAV of ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW is ₹11.9879 as of 16 Sep 2022, down 0.23% from the previous day. NAV is updated once a business day after the market close.
What are the returns of ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW?+
ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW has delivered 1-year return -3.85%, 3-year CAGR -1.98%, 5-year CAGR -0.43%, since-inception CAGR -0.34%. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance — markets move in cycles.
What category does ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW belong to?+
ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW is categorised as Debt Scheme - Long Duration Fund. Invests in bonds and loans. Lower returns than equity but much less bumpy — often used for shorter goals.
How risky is ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW?+
Based on its 3-year annualised volatility of 8.0%, ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW sits in the "moderate" risk bucket. Volatility measures how much prices swing — higher means bigger ups and downs along the way.
Is ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW a direct plan?+
ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW is a Direct plan (no distributor commission — lower expense ratio) with the IDCW option (periodic distributions, taxable at your slab rate).
How old is ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW?+
ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW has NAV history available from 4 Feb 2013 — approximately 14 years of track record and 2,320 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.