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    Is my mutual fund portfolio diversified?

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    I am 38 years old. I am currently investing Rs 59,500 per month via SIP in the following mutual funds:
    Mirae Asset Large Cap Fund: Rs 5,000
    Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip Fund: Rs 3,500
    HDFC Top 100 Fund: Rs 3,000
    Aditya Birla Sun Life Frontline Equity Fund: Rs 3,500
    Axis Multicap Fund: Rs 3,500
    L&T India Value Fund: Rs 3,500
    Franklin India Focused Equity Fund: Rs 2,500
    SBI Small Cap Fund: Rs 2,500
    ICICI Prudential Bluechip Fund: Rs 3,500
    Kotak Standard Multicap Fund: Rs 5,000
    SBI Bluechip Fund: Rs 5,000
    Franklin India Equity Advantage Fund: Rs 3,500
    HDFC Mid-Cap Opportunities Fund: Rs 3,500
    Invesco India Contra Fund: Rs 2,500
    BNP Paribas Large Cap Fund: Rs 3500
    Motilal Oswal Multicap 35 Fund: 3,500
    Nippon India Small Cap Fund: Rs 2,500

    Am I on the right track? Is my portfolio diversified? What should be my strategy?

    I have discontinued a few SIPs in Sundaram Mid Cap Fund, Motilal Oswal Midcap 30 Fund, and DSP Small Cap Fund after investing for 3.5 years. However, I am still holding on to the capital accumulated. What should be my strategy for these plans? I have a long-term investment horizon of 15 years.
    ---Arlene Rberry

    Puneet Oberoi, Founder, Excellent Investment Advisorz, responds:


    You have not mentioned your goals and how much time you need to achieve those goals. Without these two crucial factors, I won’t be able to tell if you are on the right track. As far as diversification is concerned, most of us believe that diversification is investing in a lot of different funds in the same category. In reality, we are not diversifying, we are investing in the same kind of stocks.

    Your portfolio looks overdiversified. You might be over-investing in a few stocks.

    For example, you are investing in these mutual funds:

    Large cap funds: Mirae Asset Large Cap Fund, HDFC Top 100 , Aditya Birla Sun Life Frontline Equity Fund, ICICI Prudential Bluechip Fund, SBI Bluechip Fund and BNP Paribas Large Cap Fund.

    Now, let us look at their top 4 current holdings:
    SchemeStock holding in HDFC BankStock holding in ICICI BankStock holding in Reliance IndustriesStock holding in Infosys
    Mirae Asset Large Cap Fund9.12%7.25%5.86%5.04%
    HDFC Top 1009.67%7.33%3.69%2.0%
    Aditya Birla Sun Life Frontline Equity Fund10.09%9.48%5.43%5.57%
    ICICI Prudential Bluechip Fund8.51%7.32%3.8%6.13%
    SBI Bluechip Fund8.07%8.97%8.26%6.01%
    BNP Paribas Large Cap Fund9.34%8.9%6.57%5.54%
    Total54.08%49.25%33.61%30.29%

    You can see that you are actually not diversifying your portfolio, but leveraging more on a few stocks. Your risk factor increases towards a few stocks, and similarly your returns.

    I would ask you to choose one or two good funds from each segment. This will make your portfolio diversified. Before investing, look at the track record of each scheme. There are so many factors to choose a fund, including ratios and fund management team.
    (If you have any mutual fund queries, message us on ET Mutual Funds on Facebook. We will get it answered by our panel of experts.)
    The Economic Times

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