Should I invest in ING Short Term Income Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. ING Short Term Income Fund -Dividend Option 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: 5.1%. 5-year CAGR: 1.62%.

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ING Short Term Income Fund -Dividend Option

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	-0.01%	-9.99%	+9.98	725 / 1129	Q3
1W	+0.17%	-13.04%	+13.21	150 / 1151	Q1
2W	-0.24%	-13.18%	+12.94	439 / 1149	Q2
1M	+0.10%	-13.26%	+13.36	327 / 1137	Q2
3M	-0.11%	-13.15%	+13.04	590 / 1116	Q3
6M	+1.48%	-15.45%	+16.93	384 / 906	Q2
YTD	+2.66%	-15.77%	+18.43	228 / 952	Q1
1Y	+2.52%	-13.09%	+15.60	369 / 820	Q2
2Y	+1.06%	-12.72%	+13.78	216 / 446	Q2
3Y	+1.59%	-11.01%	+12.60	167 / 385	Q2
4Y	+1.73%	-6.52%	+8.25	143 / 339	Q2
5Y	+1.62%	-7.36%	+8.98	140 / 314	Q2
7Y	+1.83%	+2.53%	-0.70	116 / 234	Q2
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+1.96%	-13.63%	+15.59	363 / 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	+2.66%	+5.51%	-2.85	141 / 240
2013	-0.73%	-1.95%	+1.22	212 / 276
2012	+2.31%	+1.38%	+0.93	162 / 295
2011	+2.19%	-3.16%	+5.35	113 / 317
2010	+1.27%	-5.78%	+7.05	170 / 377
2009	+1.06%	-12.86%	+13.91	320 / 713
2008	+3.65%	-2.02%	+5.67	107 / 380
2007	+2.47%	+4.84%	-2.37	98 / 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

+1.86%

92 windows

min -1.7% · max 4.2%

89% positive

3-Year rolling

+1.98%

68 windows

min 0.9% · max 2.9%

100% positive

5-Year rolling

+1.95%

44 windows

min 1.3% · max 2.3%

100% positive

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

7-Year rolling

+1.90%

19 windows

min 1.6% · max 2.2%

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

1.80%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-2.73

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-3.62

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-5.05%

May 2013 → Aug 2013

% positive months

80.6%

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	₹13.0097
8 Oct 2014	₹13.0112
7 Oct 2014	₹13.0054
1 Oct 2014	₹12.9881
30 Sep 2014	₹12.9828
29 Sep 2014	₹12.9800
26 Sep 2014	₹12.9752
25 Sep 2014	₹13.0408
24 Sep 2014	₹13.0378
23 Sep 2014	₹13.0355

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 Short Term Income Fund -Dividend Option 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 Short Term Income Fund -Dividend Option 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 Short Term Income Fund -Dividend Option 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 Short Term Income Fund -Dividend Option has delivered a absolute return of 2.52% — +15.6 pp ahead of the Income category average of -13.09%. The fund ranks #369 of 820 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, ING Short Term Income Fund -Dividend Option has delivered a CAGR of 1.59% — +12.6 pp ahead of the Income category average of -11.01%. The fund ranks #167 of 385 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, ING Short Term Income Fund -Dividend Option has delivered a CAGR of 1.62% — +8.98 pp ahead of the Income category average of -7.36%. The fund ranks #140 of 314 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in ING Short Term Income Fund -Dividend Option exactly 5 years ago would be worth approximately ₹108,348 today — a multiplier of 1.08×, based on the 5-year CAGR of 1.62%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹68,226.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in ING Short Term Income Fund -Dividend Option over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹625,214 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 1.62%.

ING Short Term Income Fund -Dividend Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (7-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹892,342 — XIRR 1.70%.

On a 5-year basis, ING Short Term Income Fund -Dividend Option ranks #140 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 1.62%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline ING Short Term Income Fund -Dividend Option has experienced over the last 5-year window is 5.05% — 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 Short Term Income Fund -Dividend Option averaged 1.95% (best 2.29%, worst 1.27%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is -3.42 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2013, ING Short Term Income Fund -Dividend Option returned -0.73% — beating the Income category average of -1.95% by 1.22 pp. It ranked #212 of 276 in its category that year.

ING Short Term Income Fund -Dividend Option 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 Short Term Income Fund -Dividend Option 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: 5.1%. 5-year CAGR: 1.62%.

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