Kotak Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option
Invests in bonds and loans. Lower returns than equity but much less bumpy — often used for shorter goals. From Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund. It's been running since 23 Apr 2018.
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Calendar-year returns. 5 of last 7 years were positive.
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Bumpiness & worst drops
The value swings roughly 4% 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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Fund info
- Fund house
- Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund
- Category
- Income/Debt Oriented Schemes - Short Term Fund
- Plan
- Direct
- Option
- IDCW
- ISIN (Growth)
- INF174K01Z14
- ISIN (Div re-invest)
- INF174K01Z22
- Fund code
- 135500
- First price on record
- 23 Apr 2018 · 2,027 daily prices
About Kotak Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option
Kotak Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option is a Income/Debt Oriented Schemes - Short Term Fund offered by Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund under the Direct plan with the IDCW option. It has approximately 9 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 Kotak Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option is ₹16.2859 (as of 4 Sep 2026). Historically, it has delivered -0.75% over the last year, 5.24% CAGR over 3 years, 4.16% 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 3.9% annualised volatility — a "low" level of bumpiness; its deepest peak-to-trough fall on record was 6.6%. 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 Kotak Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option?+
The latest NAV of Kotak Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option is ₹16.2859 as of 4 Sep 2026, up 0.05% from the previous day. NAV is updated once a business day after the market close.
What are the returns of Kotak Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option?+
Kotak Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option has delivered 1-year return -0.75%, 3-year CAGR 5.24%, 5-year CAGR 4.16%, since-inception CAGR 6.00%. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance — markets move in cycles.
What category does Kotak Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option belong to?+
Kotak Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option is categorised as Income/Debt Oriented Schemes - Short Term Fund. Invests in bonds and loans. Lower returns than equity but much less bumpy — often used for shorter goals.
How risky is Kotak Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option?+
Based on its 3-year annualised volatility of 3.9%, Kotak Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option sits in the "low" risk bucket. Volatility measures how much prices swing — higher means bigger ups and downs along the way.
Is Kotak Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option a direct plan?+
Kotak Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal 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 Kotak Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option?+
Kotak Short Term Fund - Direct Plan - Standard Income Distribution cum capital withdrawal option has NAV history available from 23 Apr 2018 — approximately 9 years of track record and 2,027 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.