As many as 36 equity mutual funds have never given a negative annual return in the last 10 years of the Modi government. This information comes from an analysis by our partner ETMutualFunds. 293 equity mutual funds have completed 10 years in the market.
Annual returns from 2014 to 2023 were included in this analysis. The first tenure of the Modi government began in 2014. Only those equity schemes which have completed 10 years were selected for analysis.
They include Largecap, Midcap, Smallcap, Large & Midcap, Multicap, Flexicap, Focused Fund, ELSS, Value, Contra, Sectoral/Thematic, Aggressive Hybrid Fund, Arbitrage, Dynamic Asset Allocation/Balanced Advantage Fund and e. Categories included.
14 arbitrage funds in 36 equity schemes
14 arbitrage funds are among the 36 equity schemes that have consistently returned positive returns over the last decade. Similarly, there are nine equity savings, six balanced advantage/dynamic asset allocation funds, three sectoral funds and one each from aggressive hybrid, ELSS, largecap and multicap funds. ICICI Prudential ELSS Tax Saver Fund is one of the schemes that has never given negative returns during this period.
HDFC Equity Savings Fund, ICICI Pru Equity Savings Fund and Kotak Equity Savings Fund are also included in the list. Of the three sector funds, the two that managed to maintain positive returns were focused on the Consumer Trends sector. Canara Robeco Consumer Trends Fund and Mirre Asset Great Consumer Fund maintained their consistent performance without negative returns. The third sectoral fund in this category was ICICI Pru FMCG Fund.
Kotak Equity Arbitrage Fund is also included in this list. It is the oldest and largest arbitrage fund by assets under management. Similarly, Canara Robeco Equity Hybrid Fund is the only aggressive hybrid fund that has avoided consistently negative returns during this period. Edelweiss Large Cap Fund is the only large-cap scheme to buck this trend.
Mutual funds that always give positive returns in 10 years
- Aditya Birla SL Arbitrage Fund
- Aditya Birla SL Balanced Advantage Fund
- Axis Arbitrage Fund
- Bond Arbitrage Fund
- Bandhan Equity Savings Fund
- Canara Robeco Consumer Trends Fund
- Canara Robeco Equity Hybrid Fund
- DSP Dynamic Asset Allocation Fund
- Edelweiss Arbitrage Fund
- Edelweiss Equity Savings Fund
- Edelweiss Large Cap Fund
- HDFC Arbitrage-WP
- HDFC Equity Savings Fund
- HSBC Arbitrage Fund
- HSBC Balanced Advantage Fund
- ICICI Pru Balanced Advantage Fund
- ICICI Pru ELSS Tax Saver Fund
- ICICI Pru Equity Savings Fund
- ICICI Pru Equity-Arbitrage Fund
- ICICI Pru FMCG Fund
- ICICI Pru Multicap Fund
- Invesco India Arbitrage Fund
- JM Arbitrage Fund
- Kotak Equity Arbitrage Fund
- Kotak Equity Savings Fund
- LIC MF Equity Savings Fund
- Meera Asset Great Consumer Fund
- Nippon India Arbitrage Fund
- Nippon India Balanced Advantage Fund
- PGIM India Arbitrage Fund
- PGIM India Equity Savings Fund
- SBI Arbitrage Opportunities Fund
- Sundaram Balanced Advantage Fund
- Sundaram Equity Savings Fund
- Tata Equity Savings Fund
- UTI Arbitrage Fund
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