{"id":2004861,"date":"2014-09-24T12:52:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T07:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/?p=2004861"},"modified":"2014-09-24T12:52:13","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T07:22:13","slug":"comparing-icici-prudential-corporate-bond-fund","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/2014\/09\/24\/comparing-icici-prudential-corporate-bond-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparing: ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We ran the Fund Comparison tool to get an idea of how the ICICI Corporate Bond fund stood relative to its peers. Here are some quick takes.<\/p>\n<h3>Outperformed GSecs<\/h3>\n<p>Since 2013-01-01, IICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund has returned a cumulative 14.51% vs. GSEC SUB 3-8&#8217;s cumulative return of 10.21%.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/ICICI-Prudential-Corporate-Bond-Fund-vs-GSEC-SUB-3-8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/ICICI-Prudential-Corporate-Bond-Fund-vs-GSEC-SUB-3-8.png\" alt=\"ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund vs GSEC SUB 3-8\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2004871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/ICICI-Prudential-Corporate-Bond-Fund-vs-GSEC-SUB-3-8.png 1000w, https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/ICICI-Prudential-Corporate-Bond-Fund-vs-GSEC-SUB-3-8-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/ICICI-Prudential-Corporate-Bond-Fund-vs-GSEC-SUB-3-8-375x300.png 375w, https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/ICICI-Prudential-Corporate-Bond-Fund-vs-GSEC-SUB-3-8-900x720.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Outperformed Principal Debt Opportunities Fund<\/h3>\n<p>Since 2012-01-02, ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund has returned a cumulative 25.68% vs. Principal Debt Opportunities Fund&#8217;s cumulative return of 24.74%. But ICICI had a deeper drawdown in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund Drawdowns:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/icici-drawdown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/icici-drawdown.png\" alt=\"icici drawdown\" width=\"622\" height=\"185\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2004891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/icici-drawdown.png 622w, https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/icici-drawdown-300x89.png 300w, https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/icici-drawdown-500x148.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Principal Debt Opportunities Fund Drawdowns:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/principal-drawdown.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/principal-drawdown.png\" alt=\"principal drawdown\" width=\"622\" height=\"185\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2004872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/principal-drawdown.png 622w, https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/principal-drawdown-300x89.png 300w, https:\/\/portalvhds29z8xdrqhczq.blob.core.windows.net\/wordpress\/2014\/09\/principal-drawdown-500x148.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Outperformed UTI Gilt Advantage Fund<\/h3>\n<p>Since 2013-01-01, ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund has returned a cumulative 14.51% vs. UTI &#8211; GILT ADVANTAGE-LONG TERM&#8217;s cumulative return of 12.88% while having a shallower drawdown in 2013: -5.33% vs. -8.18%<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The ICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund could be attractive to investors looking to benefit from corporate credit improving on the back of a recovering economy and riding the RBI&#8217;s expected rate cuts coming down the pike.<\/p>\n<p>You can run the comparison tool here: <a href=\"http:\/\/stockviz.biz\/FundCompare\" title=\"Compare mutual funds\" target=\"_blank\">FundCompare<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"row-fluid well well-small\">\n                Please don&#8217;t treat the information here as investment advice.<br \/>\n                However, if you want advice on investing in mutual funds, please get in touch with <a href=\"http:\/\/stockviz.biz\/2012\/11\/28\/about-us\/\" title=\"About Shyam\">Shyam<\/a>.<br \/>\n                You can either WhatsApp him or call him at <a href=\"tel:08026650232\" title=\"Land Line\">080-2665-0232<\/a>.<br \/>\n                He is an AMFI registered IFA who can advice you on ICICI Pru, UTI and Birla Sun Life funds.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We ran the Fund Comparison tool to get an idea of how the ICICI Corporate Bond fund stood relative to its peers. Here are some quick takes. Outperformed GSecs Since 2013-01-01, IICICI Prudential Corporate Bond Fund has returned a cumulative 14.51% vs. GSEC SUB 3-8&#8217;s cumulative return of 10.21%. Outperformed Principal Debt Opportunities Fund Since &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3471,9],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-2004861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-investing-insight","category-your-money","tag-mutual-funds","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stockviz.biz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}