ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW
Combines equity and debt in one fund. Aims for a smoother ride than pure equity funds. From ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund. It's been running since 5 Nov 2014.
What ₹1 lakh would have become
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Vs 64 other funds in Hybrid Scheme - Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage
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Year by year
Calendar-year returns. 6 of last 7 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
- ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund
- Category
- Hybrid Scheme - Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage
- Plan
- Direct
- Option
- IDCW
- ISIN (Growth)
- —
- ISIN (Div re-invest)
- —
- Fund code
- 131451
- First price on record
- 5 Nov 2014 · 1,935 daily prices
About ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW is a Hybrid Scheme - Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage offered by ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund under the Direct plan with the IDCW option. It has approximately 12 years of NAV track record. The fund falls in the hybrid category — Combines equity and debt in one fund. Aims for a smoother ride than pure equity funds.
The current NAV of ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW is ₹18.0800 (as of 9 Sep 2022). Historically, it has delivered -1.15% over the last year, 9.98% CAGR over 3 years, 7.15% 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 13.8% annualised volatility — a "high" level of bumpiness; its deepest peak-to-trough fall on record was 27.1%. 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 Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW?+
The latest NAV of ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW is ₹18.0800 as of 9 Sep 2022, up 0.06% from the previous day. NAV is updated once a business day after the market close.
What are the returns of ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW?+
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW has delivered 1-year return -1.15%, 3-year CAGR 9.98%, 5-year CAGR 7.15%, since-inception CAGR 7.53%. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance — markets move in cycles.
What category does ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW belong to?+
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW is categorised as Hybrid Scheme - Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage. Combines equity and debt in one fund. Aims for a smoother ride than pure equity funds.
How risky is ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW?+
Based on its 3-year annualised volatility of 13.8%, ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW sits in the "high" risk bucket. Volatility measures how much prices swing — higher means bigger ups and downs along the way.
Is ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW a direct plan?+
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly 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 Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW?+
ICICI Prudential Balanced Advantage Fund - Direct Plan - Quarterly IDCW has NAV history available from 5 Nov 2014 — approximately 12 years of track record and 1,935 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.