MonitorPlan n/a · Option n/aWatch before adding
Kotak US Equity Fund
Kotak Mahindra Mutual FundOther Scheme - FoF Overseas11.7 years
- NAV
- 20.129
- 25 Feb 2020
- 1Y
- +17.1%
- Trailing CAGR
- AUM
- ₹28.95 L
- 31 Mar 2020
- Volatility
- Medium
- 13.4% annualized
Buying brief
Should you add this fund?
Evidence on this desk, framed as a purchase checklist - not SEBI-registered advice.
As of 25 Feb 2020
Stance
Watch before adding
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
In three lines
Fits if · The fund beat the category median in 99% of rolling 3-year windows.
Fits if · Risk-adjusted return sits above the documented risk-free proxy.
Prefer peers if · Prefer SBI US Specific Equity Active FoF if you want a same-category peer with stronger evidence.
Buy checklist
History depth
Pass
11.7 years of path to read.
Engine status
Watch
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
Expense ratio
n/a
TER not on file yet.
Drawdown vs peers
Pass
Peak-to-trough -22.4%. Ask whether you can hold through a similar fall.
Vs category
Pass
99% of rolling 3Y windows beat the category median, same plan and option.
Manager tenure
n/a
Manager not listed.
Exit load
n/a
No exit-load summary on file.
Tax / wrapper
Pass
Direct Growth, no ELSS lock flagged. Equity LTCG rules still apply after one year - not tax advice.
Portfolio concentration
n/a
Holdings weights not on file for this scheme yet.
Browse category
Same-category peers are preloaded into compare when available.
Before you buy or SIP
Behaviour and wrappers - the usual India MF failure modes - not a buy instruction.
SIP discipline
Monitor is recent mixed evidence - keep the SIP unless the buying brief says prefer peers, then swap with intent.
NAV
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
Returns
Trailing CAGR and simulated monthly SIP XIRR from daily NAV. Category comparison uses the median of comparable share classes in the peer set.
Trailing CAGR
Point-to-point, calendar-day annualized
- 1Y+17.1%
- 3Y+13.2%
- 5Y+11.7%
- 10Yn/a
- SI+12.6%
SIP XIRR
Equal monthly instalments to latest NAV
- 1Y+25.4%
- 3Y+15.6%
- 5Y+14.1%
- 10Yn/a
- Since inception
- +12.6%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Excess 1Y
- -5.6%
- Category median, same plan and option
- 3Y win rate
- +99%
- Windows beating the median
- 3Y percentile
- 25
- Vs comparable share classes
- SIP 3Y XIRR
- +15.6%
- Simulated monthly SIP
- Worst rolling 3Y
- +6.1%
- 473 daily-ending windows
- Median rolling 3Y
- +12.3%
- Calendar-day CAGR
- Positive rolling 5Y
- +100%
- 14 daily-ending windows
Drawdown
Peak to trough from a running NAV high, with the path and recovery episodes.
- Max drawdown
- -22.4%
- Worst peak-to-trough
- Current
- 0.0%
- At peak
- Current spell
- 0 days
- Days below latest peak
- Time below peak
- +85%
- NAV observations
Drawdown
Path not in current snapshots
n/a
- Average recovery
- 11 days
- 92 recovered episodes
- Longest recovery
- 319 days
- Trough to prior peak
4 Oct 2018 – 8 Nov 2019
Trough 24 Dec 2018 · recovered in 319 days
-22.4%
4 Dec 2015 – 23 Jun 2016
Trough 11 Feb 2016 · recovered in 133 days
-11.1%
18 Jun 2015 – 2 Nov 2015
Trough 25 Aug 2015 · recovered in 69 days
-9.3%
22 Jan 2018 – 9 May 2018
Trough 8 Feb 2018 · recovered in 90 days
-7.7%
Dimensions
0–100 reads of named metrics. The mean is unweighted and only uses dimensions with data.
Returns
25
Vs category
15
Consistency
80
Risk-adjusted
54
Drawdown
44
Mean
44
Decision
Quantitative engine reasons behind the buying stance. An explanation can only restate what is already here.
Monitor
Buying stance
Watch before adding
Recent evidence is mixed. Compare peers before increasing exposure.
Why this status
- Long-term category-relative performance remains stronger than the most recent rolling 1-year windows, which have deteriorated across multiple periods.
- AUM fell by 30% or more versus the prior observation.
Supporting reads
- The fund beat the category median in 99% of rolling 3-year windows.
- Risk-adjusted return sits above the documented risk-free proxy.
What changed
PERFORMANCE
Recent rolling excess versus the category median has deteriorated.
25 Feb 2020
Worth investigating
Same-category peers with enough history to inspect beside this fund - including tradeoffs.
SBI US Specific Equity Active FoF
SBI Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +15.8%
- 3Y
- +29.2%
- Vol
- 19.5%
- Max DD
- -21.8%
- Sharpe
- 0.70
- 3Y win
- +99%
- Shallower drawdown
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility
Bandhan US specific Equity Active FOF
Bandhan Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +4.6%
- 3Y
- +27.3%
- Vol
- 21.0%
- Max DD
- -27.1%
- Sharpe
- 0.56
- 3Y win
- +99%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown
DSP Global Innovation Overseas Equity Omni FoF
DSP Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +15.0%
- 3Y
- +30.3%
- Vol
- 20.6%
- Max DD
- -27.6%
- Sharpe
- 0.75
- 3Y win
- +100%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown
Kotak US Specific Equity Passive FOF
Kotak Mahindra Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +21.6%
- 3Y
- +33.0%
- Vol
- 21.3%
- Max DD
- -29.1%
- Sharpe
- 0.77
- 3Y win
- +100%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown
Navi NASDAQ100 US Specific Equity Passive FOF
Navi Mutual Fund
- 1Y
- +21.6%
- 3Y
- +33.5%
- Vol
- 23.3%
- Max DD
- -25.1%
- Sharpe
- 0.77
- 3Y win
- +100%
- Higher win rate vs category
- Higher trailing returns
Caveat: Higher volatility · Deeper drawdown