Should I invest in DWS Twin Advantage Fund?

We don't give personal investment advice. DWS Twin Advantage Fund- Growth 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: 4.6%. 5-year CAGR: 9.38%.

Deutsche

DWS Twin Advantage Fund- Growth 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	+0.45%	-9.99%	+10.43	34 / 1129	Q1
1W	+0.99%	-13.04%	+14.03	47 / 1151	Q1
2W	+0.74%	-13.18%	+13.93	71 / 1149	Q1
1M	-0.19%	-13.26%	+13.07	442 / 1137	Q2
3M	-0.03%	-13.15%	+13.12	481 / 1116	Q2
6M	+1.57%	-15.45%	+17.03	375 / 906	Q2
YTD	-0.88%	-15.77%	+14.89	573 / 952	Q3
1Y	+4.46%	-13.09%	+17.55	333 / 820	Q2
2Y	+12.52%	-12.72%	+25.24	4 / 446	Q1
3Y	+10.49%	-11.01%	+21.50	6 / 385	Q1
4Y	+9.15%	-6.52%	+15.67	18 / 339	Q1
5Y	+9.38%	-7.36%	+16.74	15 / 314	Q1
7Y	+8.53%	+2.53%	+6.00	17 / 234	Q1
10Y	+7.63%	+3.14%	+4.49	19 / 101	Q1
Inception	+7.69%	-13.63%	+21.32	236 / 1199	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
2016 YTD	-0.88%	+3.02%	-3.90	169 / 181
2015	+12.95%	+2.22%	+10.73	2 / 216
2014	+14.06%	+5.51%	+8.55	22 / 240
2013	+4.26%	-1.95%	+6.21	95 / 276
2012	+13.10%	+1.38%	+11.72	10 / 295
2011	+1.48%	-3.16%	+4.64	122 / 317
2010	+7.84%	-5.78%	+13.63	10 / 377
2009	+6.49%	-12.86%	+19.35	161 / 713
2008	-0.84%	-2.02%	+1.18	231 / 380
2007	+12.02%	+4.84%	+7.18	27 / 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

+8.26%

109 windows

min -3.8% · max 21.5%

95% positive

3-Year rolling

+7.38%

85 windows

min 3.9% · max 11.2%

100% positive

5-Year rolling

+7.24%

61 windows

min 5.4% · max 9.5%

100% positive

7-Year rolling

+7.42%

36 windows

min 6.1% · max 9.3%

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

4.46%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

0.82

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

2.29

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-4.58%

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
2 Mar 2016	₹25.1454
1 Mar 2016	₹25.0337
29 Feb 2016	₹24.8668
26 Feb 2016	₹24.8919
25 Feb 2016	₹24.8663
24 Feb 2016	₹24.8998
23 Feb 2016	₹24.9737
22 Feb 2016	₹25.0141
19 Feb 2016	₹25.0033
18 Feb 2016	₹25.0420

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.

DWS Twin Advantage Fund- Growth Option is a Income from Deutsche (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.

DWS Twin Advantage Fund- Growth 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.

DWS Twin Advantage Fund- Growth Option is managed by Deutsche. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Income' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, DWS Twin Advantage Fund- Growth Option has delivered a absolute return of 4.46% — +17.55 pp ahead of the Income category average of -13.09%. The fund ranks #333 of 820 in its category — the second (Q2) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, DWS Twin Advantage Fund- Growth Option has delivered a CAGR of 10.49% — +21.5 pp ahead of the Income category average of -11.01%. The fund ranks #6 of 385 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

Over the trailing 5-year window, DWS Twin Advantage Fund- Growth Option has delivered a CAGR of 9.38% — +16.74 pp ahead of the Income category average of -7.36%. The fund ranks #15 of 314 in its category — the top (Q1) quartile.

₹1 lakh invested in DWS Twin Advantage Fund- Growth Option exactly 10 years ago would be worth approximately ₹208,574 today — a multiplier of 2.09×, based on the 10-year CAGR of 7.63%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹136,244.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in DWS Twin Advantage Fund- Growth Option over the last 5 years — total invested ₹600,000 — would be worth ₹766,875 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of 9.75%.

DWS Twin Advantage Fund- Growth Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (7-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹1,156,847 — XIRR 8.99%.

On a 5-year basis, DWS Twin Advantage Fund- Growth Option ranks #15 out of 314 funds in the Income category — that places it in the top quartile (Q1) — strong outperformance. The category average return over the same window is -7.36%; this fund delivered 9.38%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline DWS Twin Advantage Fund- Growth Option has experienced over the last 5-year window is 4.58% — its NAV fell from a high on 17 May 2013 to a low on 21 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, DWS Twin Advantage Fund- Growth Option averaged 7.24% (best 9.54%, worst 5.38%). 100% of rolling windows ended positive. The 5-year Sharpe ratio is 0.59 — reasonable risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2015, DWS Twin Advantage Fund- Growth Option returned 12.95% — beating the Income category average of 2.22% by 10.73 pp. It ranked #2 of 216 in its category that year.

DWS Twin Advantage Fund- Growth 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. DWS Twin Advantage Fund- Growth 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: 4.6%. 5-year CAGR: 9.38%.

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