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₹5,000 Monthly SIP in HDFC ARBITRAGE FUND - Retail for 15 Years

If you had started a ₹5,000/month SIP on 23 May 2011 and never stopped — through every crash and rally — here is exactly what happened, using HDFC ARBITRAGE FUND - Retail's actual NAV for all 181 installments.

You invested

₹9,05,000

181 installments

Value today

₹14,28,241

21 May 2026

Absolute gain

+₹5,23,241

+57.8%

XIRR (annualised)

5.81%

money-weighted

The journey, month by month

Portfolio value Amount invested

Worst fall on the way

-0.8%

Deepest drop from peak. This is what you had to sit through.

Corrections survived

0

Falls of 10%+ during the period. Every one recovered.

Same SIP in a fixed deposit

₹16,94,534

Modelled at historical FD rates. The fund trailed FD by ₹2,66,293.

Year-by-year progress

YearInvestedValueOverall gain
Year 1 (21 May 2012)₹65,000₹68,112+4.8%
Year 2 (21 May 2013)₹1,25,000₹1,35,855+8.7%
Year 3 (21 May 2014)₹1,85,000₹2,09,738+13.4%
Year 4 (21 May 2015)₹2,45,000₹2,88,816+17.9%
Year 5 (23 May 2016)₹3,05,000₹3,69,443+21.1%
Year 6 (22 May 2017)₹3,65,000₹4,53,758+24.3%
Year 7 (21 May 2018)₹4,25,000₹5,39,030+26.8%
Year 8 (21 May 2019)₹4,85,000₹6,32,940+30.5%
Year 9 (21 May 2020)₹5,45,000₹7,29,167+33.8%
Year 10 (21 May 2021)₹6,05,000₹8,11,469+34.1%
Year 11 (23 May 2022)₹6,65,000₹9,01,197+35.5%
Year 12 (22 May 2023)₹7,25,000₹10,08,785+39.1%
Year 13 (21 May 2024)₹7,85,000₹11,46,239+46%
Year 14 (21 May 2025)₹8,45,000₹12,90,113+52.7%
Year 15 (21 May 2026)₹9,05,000₹14,28,241+57.8%

Best year of the journey: Year 13 (+7.2% market move) · Toughest year: Year 10 (2.8%)

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    Past performance does not guarantee future returns. This page shows the historical result of the stated SIP using HDFC ARBITRAGE FUND - Retail's published NAV (source: AMFI) between 23 May 2011 and 21 May 2026; it is educational research, not investment advice. FD comparison is modelled at historical average FD rates. Mutual fund investments are subject to market risks.