Should I invest in ING Income Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. ING Income Fund-Dividend Option (Quarterly) is suitable for an investor whose:time horizon matches the fund's modified duration — short-duration funds for 1-3 year goals, long-duration for 7+ yearsprimary goal is capital preservation or steady accrual, not high growthtax slab is moderate — high-slab investors should evaluate post-tax yield against tax-free alternatives (PPF, tax-free bonds)Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 11.2%. 5-year CAGR: 1.12%.

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ING Income Fund-Dividend Option (Quarterly)

Returns matrix

Fund return alongside the category average and peer rank for every standard window. Returns under one year are absolute; one year and longer are compound annualised (CAGR).

Window	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank	Quartile
1D	-0.28%	-9.99%	+9.71	794 / 1129	Q3
1W	+0.16%	-13.04%	+13.20	158 / 1151	Q1
2W	-1.34%	-13.18%	+11.85	607 / 1149	Q3
1M	-0.86%	-13.26%	+12.40	563 / 1137	Q2
3M	+0.10%	-13.15%	+13.24	383 / 1116	Q2
6M	+3.44%	-15.45%	+18.89	225 / 906	Q1
YTD	+5.23%	-15.77%	+21.01	128 / 952	Q1
1Y	+4.50%	-13.09%	+17.58	331 / 820	Q2
2Y	+1.46%	-12.72%	+14.18	206 / 446	Q2
3Y	+1.27%	-11.01%	+12.28	180 / 385	Q2
4Y	+1.08%	-6.52%	+7.60	166 / 339	Q2
5Y	+1.12%	-7.36%	+8.48	156 / 314	Q2
7Y	+1.98%	+2.53%	-0.55	112 / 234	Q2
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+1.92%	-13.63%	+15.55	365 / 1199	Q2

Quartile legend: Q1 top 25% Q2 25-50% Q3 50-75% Q4 bottom 25%

Calendar-year returns

Full-year performance vs category average. Current year is partial (year-to-date).

Year	Fund	Category avg	+/− vs avg	Rank
2014 YTD	+5.23%	+5.51%	-0.28	129 / 240
2013	-2.84%	-1.95%	-0.89	248 / 276
2012	+0.41%	+1.38%	-0.97	193 / 295
2011	+0.12%	-3.16%	+3.29	167 / 317
2010	+1.18%	-5.78%	+6.96	173 / 377
2009	-2.14%	-12.86%	+10.72	497 / 713
2008	+10.12%	-2.02%	+12.15	37 / 380
2007	+2.66%	+4.84%	-2.18	96 / 142
2006	—	—	—	—

Rolling returns

Removes start-date bias by averaging CAGR over every overlapping N-year window in the fund's history. Higher average plus tight min/max plus high "% positive" = consistent.

1-Year rolling

+1.79%

92 windows

min -4.1% · max 10.7%

76% positive

3-Year rolling

+2.07%

68 windows

min -0.7% · max 4.3%

84% positive

5-Year rolling

+2.00%

44 windows

min 0.2% · max 3.3%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 5Y windows happen to be available.

7-Year rolling

+1.91%

19 windows

min 1.4% · max 2.7%

100% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 7Y windows happen to be available.

SIP returns — historical "what if"

If you had invested every month in this fund over the chosen period, this is what your investment would be worth today.

Period

Total invested

₹ —

Today's value

₹ —

XIRR

Annualised

Wealth multiplier

Period	Total invested	Today's value	XIRR	Wealth multiplier

XIRR is the annualised internal rate of return on the SIP cash flow — invariant to the monthly amount. "Today's value" and "Total invested" scale linearly with the slider. Past performance does not guarantee future returns. Excludes exit load and taxes.

Risk profile

Risk-adjusted return and volatility, computed from monthly NAV returns over the trailing 3-year and 5-year windows.

Std deviation

4.72%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-1.09

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-1.44

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-11.24%

May 2013 → Aug 2013

% positive months

58.3%

Share of monthly returns > 0 over the 3-year window

Sharpe / Sortino use a risk-free rate of 6.5% (1-year T-bill proxy). Higher Sharpe = more return per unit of total risk; higher Sortino = more return per unit of downside risk.

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
9 Oct 2014	₹11.8738
8 Oct 2014	₹11.9069
7 Oct 2014	₹11.8796
1 Oct 2014	₹11.8544
30 Sep 2014	₹11.8326
29 Sep 2014	₹11.8406
26 Sep 2014	₹11.8594
25 Sep 2014	₹12.0345
24 Sep 2014	₹12.0336
23 Sep 2014	₹12.0366

Frequently asked questions

These answers are generated from this fund's live metrics — NAV, returns, peer rank, drawdown, SIP backtest. Numbers refresh nightly after AMFI's NAV feed lands.

ING Income Fund-Dividend Option (Quarterly) is a Income from ING (Unknown plan, IDCW (dividend) option). Latest NAV isn't currently available in our feed — the AMC publishes it once per business day after market close.

ING Income Fund-Dividend Option (Quarterly) has NAV history starting from 03 Apr 2006, a track record of about 20 years 2 months. Long-tenured funds like this have weathered multiple market cycles — the 2008 crash, 2013 taper tantrum, 2020 COVID drawdown — which makes their returns more credible than a 3-year track record alone.

ING Income Fund-Dividend Option (Quarterly) is managed by ING. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Income' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, ING Income Fund-Dividend Option (Quarterly) has delivered a absolute return of 4.50% — +17.58 pp ahead of the Income category average of -13.09%. The fund ranks #331 of 820 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, ING Income Fund-Dividend Option (Quarterly) has delivered a CAGR of 1.27% — +12.28 pp ahead of the Income category average of -11.01%. The fund ranks #180 of 385 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, ING Income Fund-Dividend Option (Quarterly) has delivered a CAGR of 1.12% — +8.48 pp ahead of the Income category average of -7.36%. The fund ranks #156 of 314 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in ING Income Fund-Dividend Option (Quarterly) exactly 5 years ago would be worth approximately ₹105,717 today — a multiplier of 1.06×, based on the 5-year CAGR of 1.12%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹68,226.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in ING Income Fund-Dividend Option (Quarterly) over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹617,240 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 1.12%.

ING Income Fund-Dividend Option (Quarterly) doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (7-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹882,401 — XIRR 1.39%.

On a 5-year basis, ING Income Fund-Dividend Option (Quarterly) ranks #156 out of 314 funds in the Income category — that places it in the second quartile (Q2) — above the median. The category average return over the same window is -7.36%; this fund delivered 1.12%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline ING Income Fund-Dividend Option (Quarterly) has experienced over the last 5-year window is 11.24% — its NAV fell from a high on 27 May 2013 to a low on 19 Aug 2013. Drawdown is a useful gauge of how much short-term pain you'd have endured to capture the long-term return.

Across all 5-year rolling windows, ING Income Fund-Dividend Option (Quarterly) averaged 2.00% (best 3.33%, worst 0.21%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -1.32 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2013, ING Income Fund-Dividend Option (Quarterly) returned -2.84% — lagging the Income category average of -1.95% by 0.89 pp. It ranked #248 of 276 in its category that year.

ING Income Fund-Dividend Option (Quarterly) is classified as a Debt fund. For units acquired on or after 1 April 2023, all gains are taxed at your income-tax slab rate regardless of holding period — there's no LTCG concession or indexation. For pre-April-2023 units, the old rules with indexation still apply on long-term gains.

We don't give personal investment advice. ING Income Fund-Dividend Option (Quarterly) is suitable for an investor whose:

time horizon matches the fund's modified duration — short-duration funds for 1-3 year goals, long-duration for 7+ years
primary goal is capital preservation or steady accrual, not high growth
tax slab is moderate — high-slab investors should evaluate post-tax yield against tax-free alternatives (PPF, tax-free bonds)

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding. Worst 5-year drawdown: 11.2%. 5-year CAGR: 1.12%.

Educational content only — not investment advice. Tax rules summarised above reflect Budget 2024; consult a qualified adviser before transacting.