8 equity mutual funds offer over 15% return in 6 months. Are there any included in your portfolio?

Eight equity mutual funds offered over 15% return in the last six months, an analysis by ETMutualFunds showed. There were around 281 equity mutual funds in the said period.

The two toppers were from Invesco India Mutual Fund. Invesco India Midcap Fund and Invesco India Large & Mid Cap Fund offered 20.63% and 18.97% returns respectively in the last six months.



Canara Robeco Mid Cap Fund offered a return of 17.39% in the mentioned time period, followed by Helios Large & Mid Cap Fund- which delivered a return of 16.57% in the same period.

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HSBC Midcap Fund posted a return of 16.33% in the last six months, followed by two funds from Mirae Asset Mutual Fund. Mirae Asset Midcap Fund and Mirae Asset Small Cap Fund delivered a return of 15.82% and 15.65% respectively in the mentioned period.

Kotak Midcap Fund, a mid cap fund, delivered a return of 15.45% in the last six months.

A further deep dive in the data showed that all funds which were there in the said time period delivered positive returns ranging between 2.71% to 14.88%.

ICICI Pru Midcap Fund posted a return of 14.88% in the last six months. Three mid cap funds - Union Midcap Fund, WOC Mid Cap Fund, and Bandhan Midcap Fund delivered a return of 14.10%, 13.85%, and 13.50% respectively.

Two small cap funds - DSP Small Cap Fund and Aditya Birla SL Small Cap Fund - delivered a return of 12.21% each in the said period.

The largest small cap fund based on assets managed, Nippon India Small Cap Fund, offered a return of 10.90% in the last six months. Quant Small Cap Fund delivered a return of 10.06% in the said period.

Bank of India Large Cap Fund and Bandhan Large Cap Fund delivered 10.04% return each in the last six months. ITI ELSS Tax Saver Fund was the last one to deliver a double digit return in the said period. The fund gave a 10% return.

HDFC Flexi Cap Fund and UTI Small Cap Fund delivered 9.66% returns each in the said time period.

SBI ELSS Tax Saver Fund, the oldest ELSS fund, delivered a return of 7.22% in the said time period. Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund, the largest active fund and flexi cap fund based on assets managed, delivered a return of 6.40% in the last six months.

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SBI Contra Fund, the largest and oldest contra fund, delivered a return of 5.71% in the said time period. Quant Mid Cap Fund posted a return of 4.01% in the said time period.

Two funds from LIC Mutual Fund - LIC MF Value Fund and LIC MF Small Cap Fund - posted a return of 3.09% and 2.85% respectively in the same period. JM Flexicap Fund was the last one in the list and gave 2.71% return in the last six months.

We considered all equity mutual funds excluding sectoral and thematic funds. We considered regular and growth options. We calculated the returns for the last six months.

Note, the above exercise is not a recommendation. The exercise was done to find which equity mutual funds have offered over 15% return in the last six months.

One should not make investment or redemption decisions based on the above exercise. One should always consider their risk appetite, investment horizon, and goals before making any investment decisions.