Mutual fund total return

[Bhuvan]

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For example a steep increase in fund inflows due to popularity of the fund (like what happened in 2017-18) madness can cause the NAV to increase.

For the NAV to go up, the prices of the underlying securities have to increase. Flows affect the size of the fund, not the NAV. Your return is basically the price at which you bought the fund and the current price, it’s as simple as that. If you are interested here’s how the NAV of a fund is calculated:

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