Should I invest in Benchmark S&P CNX 500 Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. Benchmark S&P CNX 500 Fund - Growth is suitable for an investor whose:understands what asset class this scheme actually invests in (check the factsheet)matches that asset class's volatility profile to their goal horizonCross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding.

Benchmark

Benchmark S&P CNX 500 Fund - Growth

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	-2.11%	+0.06%	-2.18	296 / 299	Q4
1W	-4.05%	-3.61%	-0.44	268 / 303	Q4
2W	-7.32%	-4.52%	-2.80	258 / 303	Q4
1M	-11.95%	-5.64%	-6.32	268 / 302	Q4
3M	-8.20%	-4.27%	-3.93	221 / 302	Q3
6M	-9.78%	+1.48%	-11.26	232 / 307	Q4
YTD	-19.07%	-0.18%	-18.89	259 / 309	Q4
1Y	-13.32%	+7.10%	-20.42	241 / 307	Q4
2Y	+3.00%	+2.20%	+0.80	151 / 303	Q2
3Y	—	—	—	—	—
4Y	—	—	—	—	—
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	+25.18%	+0.51%	+24.67	9 / 310	Q1

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
2011 YTD	-19.07%	-23.68%	+4.61	64 / 241
2010	+13.98%	+11.69%	+2.29	120 / 256
2009	+94.14%	+65.86%	+28.28	35 / 238

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

+23.89%

20 windows

min -13.3% · max 97.2%

85% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 1Y windows happen to be available.

3-Year rolling

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Insufficient history

5-Year rolling

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Insufficient history

7-Year rolling

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Insufficient history

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

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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.

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
18 Aug 2011	₹16.9618
17 Aug 2011	₹17.3280
16 Aug 2011	₹17.3207
12 Aug 2011	₹17.4932
11 Aug 2011	₹17.6774
10 Aug 2011	₹17.7520
9 Aug 2011	₹17.4345
8 Aug 2011	₹17.6151
5 Aug 2011	₹17.9123
4 Aug 2011	₹18.3018

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.

Benchmark S&P CNX 500 Fund - Growth is a Growth from Benchmark (Unknown plan, Growth option). Latest NAV isn't currently available in our feed — the AMC publishes it once per business day after market close.

Benchmark S&P CNX 500 Fund - Growth has NAV history starting from 13 Jan 2009, a track record of about 17 years 4 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.

Benchmark S&P CNX 500 Fund - Growth is managed by Benchmark. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Growth' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, Benchmark S&P CNX 500 Fund - Growth has delivered a absolute return of -13.32% — -20.42 pp behind the Growth category average of 7.10%. The fund ranks #241 of 307 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Benchmark S&P CNX 500 Fund - Growth doesn't have a complete 3-year window yet (we need at least 3 year of NAVs). Check the shorter-window returns above.

Benchmark S&P CNX 500 Fund - Growth doesn't have a complete 5-year window yet (we need at least 5 year of NAVs). Check the shorter-window returns above.

Benchmark S&P CNX 500 Fund - Growth doesn't yet have a 3-year CAGR on file, so a ₹1 lakh growth projection isn't reliable.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in Benchmark S&P CNX 500 Fund - Growth over the last 1 year — total invested ₹120,000 — would be worth ₹104,386 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of -23.11%.

Benchmark S&P CNX 500 Fund - Growth doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (1-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹104,386 — XIRR -23.11%.

Benchmark S&P CNX 500 Fund - Growth doesn't yet have a peer rank on file — typically because its category set is too small or it lacks the required NAV history. Compare manually using the returns table above.

Benchmark S&P CNX 500 Fund - Growth doesn't have a computed drawdown figure yet.

Consistency stats for Benchmark S&P CNX 500 Fund - Growth need at least 3 years of NAVs to compute. They'll populate automatically once the fund has enough history.

In calendar year 2010, Benchmark S&P CNX 500 Fund - Growth returned 13.98% — beating the Growth category average of 11.69% by 2.29 pp. It ranked #120 of 256 in its category that year.

Benchmark S&P CNX 500 Fund - Growth doesn't fit cleanly into the standard Equity/Debt buckets in our taxonomy. Tax treatment depends on actual asset allocation as disclosed by the AMC — check the factsheet or AMFI's classification table.

We don't give personal investment advice. Benchmark S&P CNX 500 Fund - Growth is suitable for an investor whose:

understands what asset class this scheme actually invests in (check the factsheet)
matches that asset class's volatility profile to their goal horizon

Cross-check the numbers above against alternatives before deciding.

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