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Introducing Rolling Returns Alerts: Stay Ahead with Timely Insights

Monitor your portfolio’s performance over 1, 3, 5, 7, or 10-year periods, set alerts based on percentage changes, or compare against benchmarks for comprehensive insights.

Introduction to Rolling Returns Alerts

Rolling Returns Alerts are here to help you stay on top of your investments. It tracks how your chosen indices or mutual funds perform over time to provide a more consistent picture of their returns.

With Rolling Returns Alerts, you can set specific thresholds and compare your investments to benchmarks. This way, you’ll know when to take action, ensuring that your investments stay on track with your financial goals. Whether you’re aiming for steady growth or just want to keep a close eye on your selected indices or Mutual funds, these alerts provide valuable insights to help you make the right moves.

Let’s dive in and see how Rolling Returns Alerts can help you get the most out of your investments.

Getting Started with Rolling Returns Alerts

- Select Your Index or Mutual Fund

Begin by choosing the index or mutual fund you wish to monitor.

Choose Your Index or Mutual Fund

Our platform offers a wide range, including:

  • Domestic Indices: Like the Nifty 50.
  • Mutual Funds: Across various categories and fund houses, like, Axis Growth Opportunities Fund.
  • International Indices: For global market exposure, HANG SENG or S&P 500.

- View Rolling Return Metrics

Optionally, you can get the historical rolling return metrics for periods of 1, 3, 5, 7, or 10 years. This helps in understanding how the selected fund or index has performed over different time frames.

View Metrics shows the 1, 3, 5, 7 or 10 year rolling return

- Configure Your Alert

Rolling Returns Alert can be setup with two modes:

  • Mode 1: Based on Percentage Change
  • Mode 2: Comparison with Another Index or Fund

- Mode 1: Based on Percentage Change

Set Percentage Thresholds: Decide the percentage increase or decrease that will trigger an alert.

mode 1: percentage base alerts

Example: “Alert me when the 3-year rolling return for Parag Parikh Flexi Cap Fund drops by 5%.”

Stay Proactive: This mode helps you act promptly when significant changes occur in your investment’s performance.

- Mode 2: Comparison with Another Index or Fund

Select a Benchmark: Choose another index or mutual fund for comparison. Set Comparison Criteria: Opt to be alerted when your selected fund’s rolling return becomes higher or lower than the benchmark or other mutual fund or indices.

mode 2: compare with other indices, mutual funds or benchmarks

Example: “Notify me when the 5-year rolling return of Canara Robeco Bluechip Equity fund falls below that of the Nifty 50 index.”

Benchmarking Performance: This mode allows you to measure your investment’s performance relative to the other market indices, mutual funds or other international indices.

Use Cases for Rolling Returns Alerts

Rolling Returns Alerts can be valuable for different types of investors with unique needs and goals. Adding a few use cases that are relatable to all types of investors along with configurations they can use to set up their alerts:

Track Consistent Performance

Rolling Returns Alerts can help investors ensure consistent performance of their investments over time, regardless of their risk appetite or investment horizon. Investors can set up alerts for different rolling periods (e.g., 3, 5, or 10 years) to track how their funds are performing across various market conditions. This helps them identify if their investments are delivering steady returns or if there are signs of inconsistency that require attention.

Compare Against Benchmarks or Mutual Funds from the same category

Investors, both conservative or aggressive, can use Rolling Returns Alerts to compare their investments with relevant benchmarks. By setting alerts to notify them when their selected fund underperforms or outperforms a benchmark like the Nifty 50 over a rolling period, they can assess the relative performance of their portfolio. This comparison helps ensure that their investments are meeting or exceeding market expectations which makes it easier to evaluate fund managers and adjust strategies accordingly.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)❓

Rolling returns measure the average performance of an investment over overlapping time periods, like 1-year, 3-year, or 5-year intervals. They provide a more consistent way to evaluate performance compared to point-to-point returns, which only measure growth between specific dates. By using overlapping periods, rolling returns smooth out short-term fluctuations and makes the long-term trend more clear. This makes them especially useful for evaluating how well an investment has performed in different market conditions helping you understand its overall stability and growth potential without worrying about short-term ups and downs.

Rolling Returns Alerts notify you automatically when your investment performance changes. You do not need to check manually every day.

Yes, you can set alerts to compare your fund with a benchmark like Nifty 50 or Nifty Next 50. This way you know if your fund is doing better or worse than the market.

If your alert shows underperformance you can adjust your investment or talk to an advisor to improve your strategy.

Yes, Rolling Returns Alerts are helpful for everyone. They give you a clear picture of how your investments are doing without the daily hassle.

Yes, you can set alerts to compare returns for multiple funds. It helps you find which funds are consistently better over time.

You do not need to check them manually. Set your alerts and you will be notified whenever there is an change matching the condition from your alert configuration.