This Bluechip Mutual Fund Has Holdings In Facebook, Google & Amazon, Outperformed Benchmark

Indian investors are becoming interested in investing in the US stock market. There are many investment options in the US markets for Indian investors however, investing in US stock from India has its own limitation. An investor has the option of investing in ETFs, index funds, and mutual funds. Exposure to US markets enables diversification into low-cost investment products like ETFs and index funds, among others. The cost of a financial product reduces returns, therefore retaining investments with low costs is beneficial.

ICICI Prudential US Bluechip Equity Fund invests in US bluechip equity fund. It has major holdings in US stocks. Let's dig to know more about the fund.

ICICI Prudential US Bluechip Equity Fund - Direct Plan

As mentioned this is a bluechip thematic equity international mutual from the house of ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund. It is an open-ended equity mutual fund scheme, rated high risk. 

The investment objective of ICICI Prudential US Bluechip Equity Fund is to provide long-term capital appreciation to investors by primarily investing in equity and equity-related securities of companies listed on recognized stock exchanges in the United States of America (USA). The Scheme shall also invest in ADRs/GDRs issued by Indian and foreign companies.

Fund Details

The fund has Assets Under Management (AUM) worth Rs 1865.72 crore. The Net Asset Value (NAV) of the fund declared on 11th July 2022 is Rs 44.99. It has an expense ratio of 1.08%, while the category average is 1.12%. S&P 500 TRI is the fund's benchmark.

Investors can start investing in this fund via lump sum amount and SIP. The minimum investment amount required for lump sum payment is Rs 5,000 and for SIP it is Rs. 100. For additional investment, the minimum investment amount required is Rs 1,000. Although there is no lock-in period, in this case, there is a 1% redemption fee if the investment is redeemed within 30 days of the investment.

Annualised Returns

Lump-Sum Returns

The fund has outperformed the benchmark in the long-term investment period. However, it has given negative returns in 1 year. It has given 16.12% annual average returns since its inception. 

1 Year	2 Year	3 Year	5 Year
-7.00%	13.63%	16.68%	15.81%

SIP Returns

The fund has given negative returns on a 1-year sip. 

1 Year	2 Year	3 Year	5 Year
-11.53%	3.06%	9.93%	13.86%

Portfolio

It is an equity international fund, to be particular US Stocks. It has major holdings in international equity. Sector-wise the major holdings are in the financial sector, Service sector, Capital goods, technology, healthcare, consumer staples, construction and chemicals. It has major holdings in the technology sector, followed by communication, and services. 

Major Investments in IT Sector

As the name suggests, the major holdings of this fund are in US stocks which include major stocks such as Kellogg Company, Gilead Science Inc (USA), Masco Corp, Bio Idec Inc. (USA), Ecolab Inc, Facebook, Alphabat Inc Class C-Parent company of Google, Veeva Systems Inc, Zimmer Biomet holdings, Amazon, 3M, Microsoft Corporation, and various other.

US Stock Holdings as on June 30, 2022

US Stock	% Asset
Facebook Co	2.69%
Alphabet Inc Class C	2.67%
Polaris Industries Inc.	2.58%
3M (USA)	2.55%
Etsy Inc	2.47%
Microsoft Corporation (US)	2.44%
Amazon. com Inc. (USA)	2.41%

Source- Valueresearchonline.com

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