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Principal Personal Tax Saver Fund

81.890
0.02 (0.02%)
NAV as on May-25-2012

Fund Family PRINCIPAL Mutual Fund

Fund Class ELSS

Below average performance in the category

The scheme is ranked 4 in ELSS category by Crisil. If you are already invested in this scheme, you may consider switching to a better performing scheme.
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Returns (NAV as on May-25-2012)

Period Returns (%) Rank #
1 mth -4.1 14
3 mth -4.5 28
6 mth 2.9 18
1 year -10.2 41
2 year -2.6 35
3 year 7.7 29
5 year 1.0 20

# Moneycontrol Rank within 51 ELSS Schemes.

Absolute Returns (in %)

Year Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Annual
2012 15.9 - - - -
2011 -8.5 -2.3 -12.8 -7.6 -29.0
2010 -0.4 3.4 13.9 -2.8 15.5
2009 -4.3 46.3 20.6 -0.2 83.2
2008 -33.9 -13.7 -4.9 -30.0 -63.4
2007 -3.4 28.6 15.7 29.3 85.5

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* Returns over 1 year are Annualised

Performance

Fund returns v/s Category average (ELSS)

* Returns over 1 year are Annualised
  1 mth (%) 3 mth (%) 6 mth (%) 1 yr (%) 2 yr (%) 3 yr (%) 5yr (%)
Fund Returns -4.1 -4.5 2.9 -10.2 -2.6 7.7 1.0
Category avg -4.6 -4.1 2.3 -6.7 -0.1 8.5 2.2
Difference of Fund returns and Category returns 0.5 -0.4 0.6 -3.5 -2.5 -0.8 -1.2
Best of category -2.5 4.4 15.6 3.4 9.3 17.1 11.6
Worst of category -9.5 -9.1 -3.4 -22.1 -12.8 -0.7 -6.4
Benchmark returns # -5.6 -6.6 4.3 -8.9 -0.2 5.3 2.9
Difference of Fund returns and Benchmark returns 1.5 2.1 -1.4 -1.3 -2.4 2.4 -1.9
# Benchmark Index: BSE-100

Investment Info

Investment Objective

To provide long term growth of capital The Investment Manager will aim to achieve a return on assets in excess of the performance of BSE 100 Index.

Scheme details

Fund Type Open-Ended
Investment Plan Dividend
Launch date Aug 26, 2002
Benchmark BSE-100
Asset Size (Rs cr) 468.30 (Mar-31-2012)
Minimum Investment Rs.500
Last Dividend Rs.40.00 (Mar-25-2008) View Dividend History
Bonus N.A.
Fund Manager Anupam Tiwari
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Notes Switching Option available (after lock-in period is over)

Load Details

Entry Load N.A
Exit Load 0.00%
Load Comments N.A.

Contact Details

Regd. Office Principal Mutual Fund, Exchange Plaza, 'B' Wing, 2nd Floor, NSE Building, Bandra Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai, 400 051
Tel. No. 022 - 2202 1111
Fax No. 91 22 2204 4990
Email customer@principalindia.com
Website http://www.principalindia.com/

Peer Comparison

ELSS Crisil Rank Assets (Rs.cr)
3mth (%) 6mth (%) 1yr (%) 3yr (%) 5yr (%)
Fidelity Tax Advantage (G) Rank 1
1,167.14 -4.7 1.5 -7.1 14.5 7.6
Franklin India Tax Shield (G) Rank 1
812.36 -4.4 1.7 -2.8 14.3 8.3
DSP-BRTax Saver Fund (G) Rank 3
724.44 -2.4 6.2 -7.1 11.8 6.6
Kotak Tax Saver (G) Rank 3
433.14 -4.2 2.9 -8.0 8.1 0.4
HSBC Tax Saver Equity Fund (G) Rank 3
205.59 -3.5 3.6 -5.9 9.7 4.5
* Returns over 1 year are Annualised More »

Portfolio

Top Holdings (Apr 30, 12)

Equity Sector Value
(Rs cr)
Asset %
Reliance Oil & Gas - 7.23
ICICI Bank Banking/Finance - 6.89
Infosys Technology - 5.45
HDFC Bank Banking/Finance - 5.27
ITC Tobacco - 5.21
SBI Banking/Finance - 4.67
HCL Tech Technology - 4.26
Bharti Airtel Telecom - 3.90
Tata Motors Automotive - 3.89
Oracle Financ Technology - 3.30

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Sector Allocation (Apr 30, 12)

Sector %

1-Year

HighLow

Banking/Finance 25.74 25.74 21.33
Oil & Gas 15.18 15.18 13.41
Technology 13.01 14.45 10.33
Pharmaceuticals 12.41 12.41 3.88
Automotive 5.54 5.54 2.80
Tobacco 5.21 5.60 4.38

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Asset Allocation (%)(Apr 30, 12)

Equity 96.76
Others 0.00
Debt 0.00
Mutual Funds N.A
Money Market 0.00
Cash / Call 3.26

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Concentration

Holdings (%)
Top 5 30.05
Top 10 50.07
Sector (%)
Top 3 53.93

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