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Understanding Factsheets

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Number of holdings

It is simply the number of different stocks the fund holds. More the number of holdings, more diversified the fund is. There is no optimal number of holdings in a fund. Some investors prefer a more concentrated portfolio with a few stocks while others like to diversify their portfolio and mitigate the risk they are exposed to by investing in large number of companies.