How does expense ratio factored in Debt or short term bond funds

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I am not sure whether it is right category or right forum to ask, but still I am typing away. My question is with regard to the expense ratio in Debt Mutual funds, I am looking at two funds one is Principal income fund which has expense ratio of 0.01%, 5 year return of 8.80 and another is franklin India short term plan which has expense ratio of 1.18%, 5 year return of 9.81.

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My question is after deducting expense ratio of 1.18% from franklin India short term plan the return is (9.81-1.18 = 8.63) while for principal income fund it is (8.80-0.01 = 8.79) so is my calculation right ? Did principal income fund gave better returns than franklin Indian short term plan… Thanks in advance for your clarification.

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This might be of help to you

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Thanks @abhishekd1 that does mean franklin India short term plan gave better return in spite of having higher expense ratio.

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You got it right. You need to look at the ratings of the debt papers, YTM(yield till maturity), Average maturity etc. before investing. Debt market is more complicated than equity.

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