Mutual Fund Overlap: How Having 10 Funds Destroys Returns & How to Fix It

🔍 PORTFOLIO OVERLAP AUDIT Mutual Fund Overlap Trap THE ILLUSION OF DIVERSIFICATION: Having 4 Large/Flexi-Cap funds often leads to 70%+ stock overlap! You own HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, & Reliance 4 times over in 4 different funds. FIX: Prune down to 1 Index + 1 Flexi-Cap + 1 Mid-Cap + 1 Small-Cap (Max 4 Funds). SIPPlanCalculator.in Editorial Desk • September 2026 sipplancalculator.in

🔍 Why 10 Mutual Funds Is Not Diversification

If you hold 10 mutual funds, you are paying 10 separate fund manager expense ratios to essentially hold the entire Nifty 50 and Nifty 500 index twice over. This is called over-diversification, and it guarantees benchmark-minus-fees underperformance.

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