2017 to 2021 - Top Mutual Fund Schemes Returns Category wise

A Mutual Fund scheme allows large group of Investors to park their money to reach their financial goal. Each scheme has a different portfolio of stocks and govt. bonds managed by Fund Manager to averse risk and give good returns in time to time.

SEBI classified Mutual funds into 3 main categories:

A) Equity

B) Hybrid

C) Debt

See below are last 5 years performance of top selected Mutual Funds Schemes in each category:

A) Debt MFs: Gilt Funds has shown good growth.

B) Equity MFs: Small Cap Funds, Technology Funds and US Equity Foreign Funds includes FoFs has shown tremendous growth.

C) Hybrid MFs: Aggressive Hybrid Funds leads in this category.

Equity MFs are more risky in short period of time followed by Hybrid Funds and then Debt Funds which are less risk & easy to liquidate.

Last 5 Years Return of Top Selected Mutual Fund Schemes
Rs. 10,000 Invested Amount (2017 to 2022) FEB 14
Nature	Mutual Fund Scheme	Amount Value (Rs.)	Absolute Returns	Annualized Returns
Overnight Fund	SBI Overnight Fund	12596.8	25.97%	4.72%
Money Market Fund	HDFC Money Market Fund	13618.1	36.18%	6.37%
Liquid Fund	ICICI Prudential Liquid Fund	13088	30.88%	5.53%
Ultra Short Duration Fund	Aditya Birla Sun Life Savings Fund	13861.6	38.62%	6.74%
Banking and PSU Fund	IDFC Banking & PSU Debt Fund	14408.8	44.09%	7.57%
Floater Fund	Nippon India Floating Rate Fund	14097.3	40.97%	7.11%
Credit Risk Fund	HDFC Credit Risk Debt Fund	14400.2	44.00%	7.56%
Corporate Bond Fund	HDFC Corporate Bond Fund	14464.7	44.65%	7.66%
Gilt Fund	IDFC Government Securities Fund	14747.2	47.47%	8.07%
Dynamic Bond Fund	ICICI Prudential All Seasons Bond	14520.4	45.20%	7.74%
Long Duration Fund	ICICI Prudential Long Term Bond Fund	14054.5	40.54%	7.04%
Medium to Long Duration Fund	SBI Magnum Income Fund	14312.7	43.13%	7.43%
Medium Duration Fund	SBI Magnum Medium Duration Fund	14722.7	47.23%	8.04%
Short Duration Fund	HDFC Short Term Debt Fund	14345	43.45%	7.48%
Low Duration Fund	Canara Robeco Savings Fund	13473.5	34.74%	6.14%
Aggressive Hybrid Fund	BOI AXA Mid & Small Cap Equity	20705	107.05%	15.66%
Conservative Hybrid Fund	Kotak Debt Hybrid	15556.9	55.57%	9.24%
Arbitrage Fund	Kotak Equity Arbitrage Fund	12971.3	29.71%	5.34%
Equity Savings	ICICI Prudential Equity Savings Fund	14332.5	43.33%	7.46%
Dynamic Asset Allocation	Edelweiss Balanced Advantage Fund	18237.7	82.38%	12.76%
Multi Asset Allocation	ICICI Prudential Multi-Asset Fund	19052.3	90.52%	13.75%
Large Cap Fund	Axis Bluechip Fund	21963.8	119.64%	17.03%
Mid Cap Fund	PGIM India Midcap Opportunities Fund	24371.3	143.71%	19.49%
Small Cap Fund	Axis Small Cap Fund	25559.4	155.59%	20.63%
Large & Mid Cap Fund	Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip Fund	23405.5	134.05%	18.53%
ELSS	Quant Tax Plan	28297.8	182.98%	23.11%
Dividend Yield Fund	UTI Dividend Yield Fund	19034.5	90.35%	13.73%
Flexi Cap Fund	Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund	25354.9	153.55%	20.44%
Focused Fund	IIFL Focused Equity Fund	22388	123.88%	17.48%
Value Fund	IDFC Sterling Value Fund	21248.1	112.48%	16.26%
Contra Fund	Invesco India Contra Fund	20812.2	108.12%	15.78%
Sectoral/Thematic	ICICI Prudential Technology Fund	38321.6	283.22%	30.81%
Sectoral/Thematic	ICICI Prudential US Bluechip Equity Fund	21998.1	119.98%	17.06%
Sectoral/Thematic	Mirae Asset Great Consumer Fund	21469.5	114.70%	16.50%
Sectoral/Thematic	Nippon India Pharma Fund	21201.5	112.02%	16.21%
Sectoral/Thematic	DSP Natural Resources and New Energy Fund	18995.2	89.95%	13.68%
Sectoral/Thematic	SBI Magnum Equity ESG Fund	19511.9	95.12%	14.30%
Sectoral/Thematic	ICICI Prudential Banking and Financial Services Fund	16832	68.32%	10.97%
Sectoral/Thematic	DSP India T.I.G.E.R. Fund	17203.2	72.03%	11.45%
Sectoral/Thematic	Sundaram Rural and Consumption Fund	15466.5	54.66%	9.11%
Sectoral/Thematic	Invesco India PSU Equity Fund	14675.4	46.75%	7.97%
Retirement Fund	HDFC Retirement Savings Fund - Equity Plan	20242.6	102.43%	15.14%
Childrens Fund	UTI CCF- Investment Plan	19555.6	95.56%	14.35%
Fund of Funds	Franklin India Feeder - Franklin U.S. Opportunities Fund	23632.1	136.32%	18.75%
Fund of Funds	ICICI Prudential Asset Allocator Fund (FOF)	17609.3	76.09%	11.98%
Fund of Funds	Kotak Gold Fund	16376.3	63.76%	10.36%
Fund of Funds	Edelweiss Greater China Equity Off-shore Fund	22966	129.66%	18.07%
Fund of Funds	PGIM India Global Equity Opportunities Fund	22328.4	123.28%	17.41%
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)	Motilal Oswal Nasdaq 100 ETF	31189.7	211.90%	25.51%
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)	UTI SENSEX Exchange Traded Fund	21057.9	110.58%	16.05%
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)	Nippon India ETF Nifty BeES	20297.9	102.98%	15.20%
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)	ICICI Prudential Gold ETF	15947.9	59.48%	9.78%
Index Funds	HDFC Index Fund - Nifty 50 Plan	19863.8	98.64%	14.70%
Index Funds	ICICI Prudential Nifty Next 50 Index Fund	16758	67.58%	10.87%

Finally, Always diversify your portfolio to avoid short term risks and if you want to liquify the cash from time to time.

Note: Past performance are not guarantee of future growth. Markets are fluctuate. Please contact your Financial advisor before taking any decision.

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