Principal Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan- Monthly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal
Profits from small price differences between cash and futures markets. Low risk, modest but tax-efficient returns. From Principal Mutual Fund. It's been running since 25 Apr 2016.
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Year by year
Calendar-year returns. 4 of last 6 years were positive.
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Bumpiness & worst drops
The value swings roughly 2% 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
- Principal Mutual Fund
- Category
- Hybrid Scheme - Arbitrage Fund
- Plan
- Direct
- Option
- IDCW
- ISIN (Growth)
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- ISIN (Div re-invest)
- —
- Fund code
- 139219
- First price on record
- 25 Apr 2016 · 1,402 daily prices
About Principal Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan- Monthly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal
Principal Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan- Monthly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal is a Hybrid Scheme - Arbitrage Fund offered by Principal Mutual Fund under the Direct plan with the IDCW option. It has approximately 11 years of NAV track record. The fund falls in the arbitrage category — Profits from small price differences between cash and futures markets. Low risk, modest but tax-efficient returns.
The current NAV of Principal Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan- Monthly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal is ₹10.5142 (as of 30 Dec 2021). Historically, it has delivered 2.85% over the last year, 0.90% CAGR over 3 years, 0.35% 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 1.8% annualised volatility — a "low" level of bumpiness; its deepest peak-to-trough fall on record was 6.7%. 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 Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan- Monthly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal?+
The latest NAV of Principal Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan- Monthly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal is ₹10.5142 as of 30 Dec 2021, up 0.01% from the previous day. NAV is updated once a business day after the market close.
What are the returns of Principal Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan- Monthly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal?+
Principal Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan- Monthly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal has delivered 1-year return 2.85%, 3-year CAGR 0.90%, 5-year CAGR 0.35%, since-inception CAGR 0.84%. Returns are historical and don't predict future performance — markets move in cycles.
What category does Principal Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan- Monthly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal belong to?+
Principal Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan- Monthly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal is categorised as Hybrid Scheme - Arbitrage Fund. Profits from small price differences between cash and futures markets. Low risk, modest but tax-efficient returns.
How risky is Principal Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan- Monthly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal?+
Based on its 3-year annualised volatility of 1.8%, Principal Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan- Monthly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal sits in the "low" risk bucket. Volatility measures how much prices swing — higher means bigger ups and downs along the way.
Is Principal Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan- Monthly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal a direct plan?+
Principal Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan- Monthly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal 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 Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan- Monthly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal?+
Principal Arbitrage Fund - Direct Plan- Monthly Income Distribution CUM Capital Withdrawal has NAV history available from 25 Apr 2016 — approximately 11 years of track record and 1,402 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.