What is NAV And How It Is Important?

LIC has some Plans which are NAV-based because those funds are invested in the market and LIC’s NAV is similar to Mutual Fund NAVs. Here we will talk about Mutual Fund NAV’s.

If you want to check your LIC NAV then you may search for it on Life Insurance Corporation’s Website.

Also Read: LIC Policy Status Online

If you want to make an investment in the share market or in a mutual fund there are various things that you should know. So from these, Today I am going to discuss NAV. It is very important for you to understand what is NAV. if you want to invest in a mutual fund. Those who do not want to directly invest in the stock market or do not know the stock market can invest in the mutual fund. By investing in the mutual fund, your investment is in the hands of experts, and in this way, you can reduce the risk of direct investment in the stock market. Today, we will learn here that what is the NAV in the mutual fund, how it is counted and how important it is.

First of all, what is NAV

Net Asset Value, or NAV, means the value of the total property. Net asset value, or NAV, in any of the mutual funds, after deducting the liabilities from the total value of all the shares of the portfolio, including cash, the outstanding balance is obtained by dividing it by the total number of units remaining.

Also Read: ULIP vs Mutual Fund

NAV fund is per unit’s total asset value (excluding expenditure) and at the end of each day’s business, it is calculated by the asset management company (AMC) of that fund. On any given day, if that mutual fund is terminated, then the unitholder of that mutual fund will get the price for each unit as per the rate of that unit of that day. In a way, you can say that NAV is the book value of any mutual fund unit.

Also Read  ULIP vs. Mutual fund

Most of the unit’s base value in the mutual fund is Rs 10 or Rs.100. In each business day, the NAV curve of the unit increases according to the market value of the fund’s portfolio.

Also Read: ULIP How it Works?

Importance of NAV

NAV refers to the growth of the unit of a mutual fund. If you invest Rs 12 per unit in a fund at NAV and after one year, if the NAV of that unit goes up to 15 rupees per unit then that fund has 25% growth. It is wrong to believe that the mutual fund with lower NAV will give good returns and the mutual fund with more NAV funds will give fewer returns.

From the NAV of any fund, it can be known that how any fund has performed in the past but in the future how any fund will perform cannot be decided by the NAV. So it all depends on market condition, It can go up or down.

Also Read: ELSS Mutual Fund

Where To Check NAV?

You can check NAV of your Mutual Fund company’s website or Directly go to AMFI’s website

If you are a regular investor you may know all these but if you are new then kindly read all the terms and conditions and risks involved before investing in any fund.

Tags:

      Paisa Portal
      Logo