Best Funds for Beginners
Simple, steady starting points.
Methodology: Large-cap, flexi-cap and aggressive-hybrid funds with strong consistency and shallow drawdowns — easy to hold through your first market cycle.
| # | Fund | Category | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | Sharpe | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baroda BNP Paribas Aggressive Hybrid Fund Baroda BNP Paribas | Aggressive Hybrid Fund | +4.2% | +12.8% | — | 0.64 | ||
| ITI Flexi Cap Fund ITI | Flexi Cap Fund | +14.9% | +20.2% | — | 1.10 | ||
| WhiteOak Capital Flexi Cap Fund WhiteOak Capital | Flexi Cap Fund | +7.5% | +17.1% | — | 0.86 | ||
| quant Large Cap Fund quant | Large Cap Fund | +8.7% | +15.4% | — | 0.53 | ||
| BARODA BNP PARIBAS LARGE CAP Fund Baroda BNP Paribas | Large Cap Fund | +3.8% | +13.7% | — | 0.58 | ||
| BANK OF INDIA Flexi Cap Fund Bank of India | Flexi Cap Fund | +16.5% | +22.3% | +18.1% | 1.14 | ||
| WhiteOak Capital Large Cap Fund WhiteOak Capital | Large Cap Fund | +3.5% | +15.5% | — | 0.59 | ||
| ICICI Prudential Flexicap Fund ICICI Prudential | Flexi Cap Fund | +13.2% | +19.3% | +16.9% | 0.78 | ||
| BANK OF INDIA Large Cap Fund Bank of India | Large Cap Fund | +8.6% | +15.1% | +11.3% | 0.44 | ||
| ICICI Prudential Equity & Debt Fund ICICI Prudential | Aggressive Hybrid Fund | +4.1% | +15.3% | +16.4% | 0.83 | ||
| Mirae Asset Aggressive Hybrid Fund Mirae Asset | Aggressive Hybrid Fund | +6.1% | +12.5% | +11.0% | 0.57 | ||
| Tata Flexi Cap Fund Tata | Flexi Cap Fund | -0.7% | +12.1% | +10.7% | 0.48 | ||
| CANARA ROBECO EQUITY HYBRID FUND Canara Robeco | Aggressive Hybrid Fund | +4.8% | +12.7% | +10.7% | 0.65 | ||
| Navi Aggressive Hybrid Fund Navi | Aggressive Hybrid Fund | +11.3% | +13.3% | +12.4% | 0.47 | ||
| DSP Aggressive Hybrid Fund DSP | Aggressive Hybrid Fund | -0.7% | +11.7% | +9.9% | 0.58 | ||
| Edelweiss Aggressive Hybrid Fund Edelweiss | Aggressive Hybrid Fund | +5.2% | +15.1% | +14.6% | 0.61 | ||
| Baroda BNP Paribas Flexi Cap Fund Baroda BNP Paribas | Flexi Cap Fund | +6.2% | +15.1% | — | 0.61 | ||
| Sundaram Large Cap Fund (Formerly Known as Sundaram Blue Chip Fund)Direct Sundaram | Large Cap Fund | +1.1% | +9.7% | +9.6% | 0.66 | ||
| Franklin India Aggressive Hybrid Fund Franklin Templeton | Aggressive Hybrid Fund | +1.1% | +11.8% | +10.7% | 0.64 | ||
| Nippon India Flexi Cap Fund Nippon India | Flexi Cap Fund | +4.0% | +12.8% | +12.5% | 0.45 | ||
| SBI EQUITY HYBRID FUND SBI | Aggressive Hybrid Fund | +6.4% | +13.9% | +11.3% | 0.70 | ||
| Union Aggressive Hybrid Fund Union | Aggressive Hybrid Fund | +5.8% | +12.3% | +10.4% | 0.63 | ||
| JM Large Cap Fund (Direct) JM Financial | Large Cap Fund | +3.8% | +13.2% | +12.3% | 0.48 | ||
| quant Aggressive Hybrid Fund quant | Aggressive Hybrid Fund | +12.6% | +14.5% | +14.0% | 0.77 | ||
| Axis Large Cap Fund Axis | Large Cap Fund | +1.1% | +11.3% | +7.6% | 0.52 | ||
| Axis Aggressive Hybrid Fund Axis | Aggressive Hybrid Fund | +4.6% | +11.2% | +8.4% | 0.41 | ||
| Axis Flexi Cap Fund Axis | Flexi Cap Fund | +7.7% | +16.1% | +10.7% | 0.54 | ||
| Mirae Asset Flexi Cap Fund Mirae Asset | Flexi Cap Fund | +5.3% | +14.1% | — | 0.77 | ||
| Sundaram Aggressive Hybrid Fund (Formerly Known as Principal Hybrid Equity Fund) Sundaram | Aggressive Hybrid Fund | +2.1% | +11.0% | — | 0.31 | ||
| Sundaram Flexicap Fund Sundaram | Flexi Cap Fund | -1.1% | +11.3% | — | 0.44 |