Debt mutual funds are ideal investments for traditional investors. They are suitable for both the short-term and mediumterm investment horizon whereas Hybrid Funds is a mutual fund which provides a onestop investment mix by investing its portfolio in a combination of debt and equity instruments with an aim to balance the risk-reward ratio. The tracking of returns of funds over a period helps to forecast the future returns. Though the past performance may or may not be the same, but still the past performances is one of the influencing factors for inviting new investors and retain the investments of the current investors. As the equity and debt funds are the growth and income schemes which are usually chosen by the investors, annualized returns of selected funds are compared and appraised. The information related to the risk and return analysis of equity and debt for over eight year period is considered for comparison. The average returns, standard deviation and sharpe ratios for three years period (2016-18), five years (2014-18) and eight years (2011-18) are calculated. The random sample comprises of 12 debt and 12 hybrid funds sponsored by different AMCs is chosen. 3 years, 5 years and 8 years bond yield is considered for calculating sharpe ratio.
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