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Dynamic Asset Allocation or Balanced Advantage Fund is one of the most popular categories in the Rs 50 trillion Indian mutual fund industry with the category’s total assets under management at Rs 2.22 trillion.
We examine the key fundamentals of the fund, its portfolio and performance to help you make an informed investment decision.
Actively managed debt funds with the flexibility to go long on duration made a strong comeback on the returns chart in 2023, thanks to softening bond yields. The average one-year returns of floater, long-duration, gilt, and dynamic bond funds, which ranged between 2.3 per cent and 4.5 per cent at the end of 2022, now stand at over 7.2 per cent, with some schemes delivering over 8.5 per cent, according to data from Value Research. Debt fund returns are inversely related to yields of underlying investments, meaning a decline in yields is positive for funds.
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According to Bloomberg data, the Nifty Midcap 150 index currently trades at a price-earnings (P/E) multiple of 34.5 compared with its five-year average P/E of 33.7. The Nifty 50 index trades at the five-year average multiple of 24.6.