Should I invest in NIPPON INDIA FIXED HORIZON FUND - XXXVIII - SERIES 05?

We don't give personal investment advice. NIPPON INDIA FIXED HORIZON FUND - XXXVIII - SERIES 05 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW 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.

Nippon India

NIPPON INDIA FIXED HORIZON FUND - XXXVIII - SERIES 05 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option

Latest NAV

₹10.0000

As of

10 Aug 2021

742 NAV records on file

NAV history & peer comparison

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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	-21.55%	-6.86%	-14.68	983 / 1087	Q4
1W	-21.51%	-9.76%	-11.74	862 / 998	Q4
2W	-21.46%	-9.73%	-11.73	860 / 997	Q4
1M	-21.35%	-9.76%	-11.60	852 / 991	Q4
3M	-20.79%	-9.36%	-11.44	843 / 984	Q4
6M	-19.67%	-8.72%	-10.96	798 / 949	Q4
YTD	-19.32%	-8.84%	-10.48	780 / 949	Q4
1Y	-16.87%	-6.67%	-10.20	764 / 916	Q4
2Y	-4.87%	-2.45%	-2.42	689 / 867	Q4
3Y	-0.26%	-1.11%	+0.86	510 / 835	Q3
4Y	—	—	—	—	—
5Y	—	—	—	—	—
7Y	—	—	—	—	—
10Y	—	—	—	—	—
Inception	-0.05%	+0.47%	-0.53	887 / 1085	Q4

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
2021 YTD	-19.32%	-4.54%	-14.77	410 / 458
2020	+10.18%	+2.15%	+8.03	63 / 625
2019	+8.29%	+3.58%	+4.71	256 / 607
2018	—	—	—	—

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

+7.96%

26 windows

min -16.9% · max 10.3%

96% positive

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

3-Year rolling

+4.01%

2 windows

min -0.3% · max 8.3%

50% positive

Limited basis — fund is young, so this average may be skewed by which 3Y windows happen to be available.

5-Year rolling

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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

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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.

Risk profile

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

Std deviation

12.60%

3-year · annualised

Sharpe ratio

-0.46

vs risk-free 6.5%

Sortino ratio

-0.47

Downside-only deviation

Max drawdown

-21.55%

Aug 2021 → Aug 2021

% positive months

91.7%

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.

Peers in Medium to Long Duration Fund

Scheme	Fund house	NAV	As of
HDFC Charity Fund for Cancer Cure - IDCW Option - Direct Plan - 50% IDCW Donation Option	HDFC	₹10.1159	17 Jul 2026
NIPPON INDIA FIXED MATURITY PLAN - XLI - SERIES 8 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option	Nippon India	₹17.7273	17 Jul 2026
SBI Fixed Maturity Plan (FMP) - Series 1 (3668 Days) - Direct Plan - Income Distribution cum Capital Withdrawal Option (IDCW)	SBI	₹17.7206	17 Jul 2026
ICICI Prudential Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Half Yearly IDCW	ICICI Prudential	₹11.0090	17 Jul 2026
BANDHAN Fixed Term Plan Series 179 DIRECT PLAN HALF YEARLY-IDCW (3652 days)	Bandhan	₹11.5431	17 Jul 2026
Aditya Birla Sun Life Fixed Term Plan - Series TJ (1838 days) - Direct Plan - Payout of IDCW Option	Aditya Birla Sun Life	₹13.6183	17 Jul 2026
Franklin India Medium to Long Duration Fund - Direct - IDCW	Franklin India	₹10.6701	17 Jul 2026
Kotak Bond Fund - Direct Plan - Standard IDCW option	Kotak	₹30.1720	17 Jul 2026
DSP FMP Series - 264 - 60M - 17D - Direct - IDCW	DSP	₹13.3392	17 Jul 2026
HSBC Medium to Long Duration Fund - Direct Quarterly IDCW	HSBC	₹10.4928	17 Jul 2026

Recent NAVs

Date	NAV
10 Aug 2021	₹10.0000
9 Aug 2021	₹12.7467
6 Aug 2021	₹12.7432
5 Aug 2021	₹12.7422
4 Aug 2021	₹12.7410
3 Aug 2021	₹12.7400
2 Aug 2021	₹12.7389
30 Jul 2021	₹12.7354
29 Jul 2021	₹12.7349
28 Jul 2021	₹12.7338

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.

As of 10 Aug 2021, the NAV of NIPPON INDIA FIXED HORIZON FUND - XXXVIII - SERIES 05 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option is ₹10.0000. It's a Medium to Long Duration Fund from Nippon India, run as a Direct plan IDCW (dividend) option. NAVs update once per business day from the AMFI feed.

NIPPON INDIA FIXED HORIZON FUND - XXXVIII - SERIES 05 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option has NAV history starting from 16 Jul 2018, a track record of about 8 years. That's enough history to evaluate the fund across one or two market cycles. Look at rolling returns rather than point-to-point to judge consistency.

NIPPON INDIA FIXED HORIZON FUND - XXXVIII - SERIES 05 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option is managed by Nippon India. It's classified by AMFI under the 'Medium to Long Duration Fund' SEBI category, which determines its peer set and tax treatment.

Over the trailing 1-year window, NIPPON INDIA FIXED HORIZON FUND - XXXVIII - SERIES 05 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option has delivered a absolute return of -16.87% — -10.2 pp behind the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of -6.67%. The fund ranks #764 of 916 in its category — the bottom (Q4) quartile.

Over the trailing 3-year window, NIPPON INDIA FIXED HORIZON FUND - XXXVIII - SERIES 05 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option has delivered a CAGR of -0.26% — +0.86 pp ahead of the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of -1.11%. The fund ranks #510 of 835 in its category — the third (Q3) quartile.

NIPPON INDIA FIXED HORIZON FUND - XXXVIII - SERIES 05 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option doesn't have a complete 5-year window yet (we need at least 5 year of NAVs). Check the shorter-window returns above.

₹1 lakh invested in NIPPON INDIA FIXED HORIZON FUND - XXXVIII - SERIES 05 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option exactly 3 years ago would be worth approximately ₹99,225 today — a multiplier of 0.99×, based on the 3-year CAGR of -0.26%. The category average over the same window would have grown ₹1 lakh to ₹96,695.

A ₹10,000 monthly SIP in NIPPON INDIA FIXED HORIZON FUND - XXXVIII - SERIES 05 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option over the last 3 years — total invested ₹360,000 — would be worth ₹317,108 today. That's an XIRR (money-weighted annualised return) of -8.05%.

NIPPON INDIA FIXED HORIZON FUND - XXXVIII - SERIES 05 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option doesn't yet have 10 years of NAVs. Over the longest available window (3-year SIP), ₹10,000/month would have grown to ₹317,108 — XIRR -8.05%.

On a 3-year basis, NIPPON INDIA FIXED HORIZON FUND - XXXVIII - SERIES 05 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option ranks #510 out of 835 funds in the Medium to Long Duration Fund category — that places it in the third quartile (Q3) — below the median. The category average return over the same window is -1.11%; this fund delivered -0.26%.

The worst peak-to-trough decline NIPPON INDIA FIXED HORIZON FUND - XXXVIII - SERIES 05 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option has experienced over the last 3-year window is 21.55% — its NAV fell from a high on 09 Aug 2021 to a low on 10 Aug 2021. Drawdown is a useful gauge of how much short-term pain you'd have endured to capture the long-term return.

Across all 3-year rolling windows, NIPPON INDIA FIXED HORIZON FUND - XXXVIII - SERIES 05 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option averaged 4.01% (best 8.28%, worst -0.26%). 50% of rolling windows ended positive. The 3-year Sharpe ratio is -0.46 — negative risk-adjusted performance.

In calendar year 2020, NIPPON INDIA FIXED HORIZON FUND - XXXVIII - SERIES 05 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW Option returned 10.18% — beating the Medium to Long Duration Fund category average of 2.15% by 8.03 pp. It ranked #63 of 625 in its category that year.

NIPPON INDIA FIXED HORIZON FUND - XXXVIII - SERIES 05 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW 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. NIPPON INDIA FIXED HORIZON FUND - XXXVIII - SERIES 05 - DIRECT Plan - IDCW 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.

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