Best Short Term Mutual Funds to Invest for Next 1 Year

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When choosing short-term mutual funds, assess the fund's performance history, risk level, and expense ratio. Evaluate the fund manager's experience and the fund's strategy. Ensure the fund aligns with your short-term financial goals, focusing on liquidity and capital preservation.

Investing in short-term mutual funds provides a balance between safety and returns for goals within a few months to a year. These funds offer better returns than traditional savings accounts while maintaining liquidity, making them ideal for short-term financial needs like emergencies or planned expenses.

Short-term mutual funds offer advantages such as higher returns compared to savings accounts, liquidity, and capital preservation. They are professionally managed, providing diversification and a lower risk profile, which is suitable for meeting immediate financial needs and short-term goals.

Short-term mutual funds are not risk-free; they are subject to market fluctuations and interest rate changes. The value of investments can vary, potentially leading to lower returns. Regular monitoring and understanding market conditions are essential to managing these risks effectively.

Short-term mutual funds are ideal for investors looking to park their money for a few months to a year. They suit those who seek higher returns than traditional savings options but want to maintain liquidity (mutual funds with no lockin period) for immediate financial needs or planned short-term expenses.

To invest in short-term mutual funds, choose a fund that aligns with your short-term financial goals. Register online through the Dhan website. Complete the KYC process, set up your investment amount and frequency, and link your bank account for automatic transactions.

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SBI Silver ETF FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 25.02	₹ 3,623.01	6.54%	-13.45%	152.35%	0.00%	0.00%	NA	0.31%	Very High	₹ 500	₹ 5,000	Other	FoFs Domestic
Kotak Silver ETF FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 31.29	₹ 891.43	6.93%	-15.75%	150.20%	44.79%	0.00%	NA	0.59%	Very High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Domestic
HDFC Silver ETF FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 38.75	₹ 4,112.31	6.93%	-13.31%	149.16%	44.92%	0.00%	NA	0.23%	Very High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Domestic
UTI Silver ETF FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 29.98	₹ 565.77	6.63%	-12.92%	148.83%	44.36%	0.00%	NA	0.17%	Very High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Domestic
Aditya Birla Sun Life Silver ETF FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 36.43	₹ 1,189.17	6.61%	-13.12%	148.75%	44.61%	0.00%	NA	0.65%	Very High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Domestic
ICICI Prudential Silver ETF FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 35.89	₹ 5,919.47	6.49%	-13.18%	148.59%	44.70%	0.00%	NA	0.57%	Very High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Domestic
Nippon India Silver ETF FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 35.75	₹ 4,219.18	6.65%	-13.29%	148.55%	44.49%	0.00%	NA	0.79%	Very High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Domestic
Axis Silver FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 40.18	₹ 1,071.15	6.39%	-13.00%	147.77%	45.10%	0.00%	NA	0.14%	Moderately High	₹ 100	₹ 5,000	Other	FoFs Domestic
Tata Silver ETF FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 30.79	₹ 997.31	6.36%	-13.45%	143.98%	0.00%	0.00%	NA	0.22%	Very High	₹ 150	₹ 5,000	Other	FoFs Domestic
Edelweiss Gold and Silver ETF FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 33.98	₹ 2,757.54	3.38%	-10.39%	101.46%	39.50%	0.00%	NA	0.20%	Very High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Domestic
Edelweiss Emerging Markets Opportunities Equity Offshore Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 29.22	₹ 188.49	17.75%	16.08%	78.71%	27.65%	9.77%	NA	1.47%	Very High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Overseas
Motilal Oswal Gold and Silver Passive FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 30.94	₹ 2,483.41	1.37%	-9.93%	78.58%	35.92%	0.00%	NA	0.70%	Very High	₹ 500	₹ 500	Other	FoFs Domestic
Edelweiss Greater China Equity Offshore Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 73.01	₹ 2,678.32	19.62%	20.70%	75.35%	23.10%	4.78%	NA	1.50%	Very High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Overseas
Kotak Global Emerging Market Overseas Equity Omni FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 40.91	₹ 935.28	18.46%	13.57%	70.28%	27.25%	11.04%	NA	1.71%	Very High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Overseas
Axis Greater China Equity FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 12.32	₹ 3,049.11	15.99%	10.77%	61.52%	20.40%	5.88%	NA	0.47%	Very High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Overseas
LIC MF Gold ETF FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 40.16	₹ 740.10	2.39%	-3.52%	56.81%	32.66%	24.72%	NA	0.44%	High	₹ 200	₹ 5,000	Other	FoFs Domestic
Quantum Gold Savings Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 56.24	₹ 484.86	1.48%	-5.32%	56.29%	32.90%	24.67%	NA	0.60%	High	₹ 500	₹ 500	Other	FoFs Domestic
Aditya Birla Sun Life Gold Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 44.33	₹ 1,667.74	1.74%	-5.47%	56.20%	32.67%	24.73%	NA	0.63%	High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Domestic
UTI Gold ETF FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 28.30	₹ 1,253.31	1.24%	-5.59%	55.90%	33.01%	0.00%	NA	0.17%	High	₹ 500	₹ 5,000	Other	FoFs Domestic
SBI Gold Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 44.93	₹ 14,997.70	1.63%	-5.79%	55.88%	32.75%	24.73%	NA	0.24%	Very High	₹ 500	₹ 5,000	Other	FoFs Domestic
Zerodha Gold ETF FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 19.22	₹ 307.93	1.32%	-5.42%	55.78%	0.00%	0.00%	NA	0.23%	High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Domestic
ICICI Prudential Gold ETF FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 47.01	₹ 6,164.38	1.72%	-5.91%	55.68%	32.69%	24.58%	NA	0.63%	High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Domestic
Kotak Gold Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 59.38	₹ 6,439.18	1.57%	-5.57%	55.44%	32.58%	24.27%	NA	0.71%	High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Domestic
Mirae Asset Gold ETF FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 18.52	₹ 482.92	1.44%	-5.67%	55.34%	0.00%	0.00%	NA	0.46%	High	₹ 99	₹ 5,000	Other	FoFs Domestic
DSP Gold ETF FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 23.17	₹ 486.00	1.50%	-5.90%	55.29%	0.00%	0.00%	NA	0.66%	High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Domestic
HDFC Gold ETF Fund of Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 45.84	₹ 10,990.20	1.57%	-5.72%	55.28%	32.62%	24.60%	NA	0.18%	Very High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Domestic
Axis Gold Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 46.33	₹ 2,809.36	1.94%	-6.12%	55.19%	32.26%	24.45%	NA	0.17%	High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Domestic
Invesco India Gold ETF FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 42.62	₹ 462.78	1.57%	-5.79%	54.92%	31.79%	24.21%	NA	0.64%	High	₹ 100	₹ 1,000	Other	FoFs Domestic
Nippon India Gold Savings Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 58.60	₹ 6,924.44	1.49%	-5.60%	54.79%	32.39%	24.42%	NA	0.13%	High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Domestic
Union Gold ETF FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 16.85	₹ 157.94	1.58%	-5.92%	54.50%	0.00%	0.00%	NA	0.29%	High	₹ 500	₹ 1,000	Other	FoFs Domestic
Tata Gold ETF FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 22.58	₹ 1,289.51	1.43%	-5.53%	53.90%	0.00%	0.00%	NA	0.28%	High	₹ 150	₹ 5,000	Other	FoFs Domestic
Groww Gold ETF FOF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 18.04	₹ 108.05	1.50%	-5.77%	53.76%	0.00%	0.00%	NA	0.15%	High	₹ 500	₹ 500	Other	FoFs Domestic
Edelweiss US Technology Equity FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 36.81	₹ 3,255.17	23.49%	21.77%	52.23%	37.68%	17.05%	NA	1.51%	Very High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Overseas
Franklin Asian Equity Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 44.92	₹ 399.54	16.60%	7.95%	48.31%	19.37%	6.18%	NA	1.54%	Very High	₹ 500	₹ 5,000	Equity	Sectoral / Thematic
Kotak Global Innovation Overseas Equity Omni FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 14.58	₹ 604.64	17.94%	7.92%	47.06%	25.00%	0.00%	NA	1.27%	Very High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Overseas
Axis Global Innovation FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 18.43	₹ 656.06	19.81%	14.49%	42.28%	26.10%	0.00%	NA	0.82%	Very High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Overseas
Motilal Oswal Nifty Capital Market Index Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 12.57	₹ 333.66	18.64%	8.92%	42.16%	0.00%	0.00%	NA	0.49%	Very High	₹ 500	₹ 500	Other	Index Fund
Tata Nifty Capital Markets Index Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 14.39	₹ 490.44	18.70%	8.87%	41.64%	0.00%	0.00%	NA	0.47%	Very High	₹ 100	₹ 5,000	Other	Index Fund
Edelweiss US Value Equity Offshore Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 45.08	₹ 200.78	9.47%	7.18%	37.83%	20.08%	14.01%	NA	1.41%	Very High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Overseas
Axis Global Equity Alpha FoF Fund Direct - Growth fuzz it	₹ 25.06	₹ 1,859.19	12.24%	6.38%	37.22%	24.82%	15.55%	NA	0.77%	Very High	₹ 100	₹ 100	Other	FoFs Overseas