Mutual Fund stress tests offer valuable insights but can’t be sole basis for investment decisions

Mutual funds disclose stress test results monthly for small and mid-cap schemes, estimating days to liquidate the portfolio’s stocks. The tests exclude 20% illiquid securities and assess client concentration risk, AUM share, standard deviation, Portfolio Beta, and crisis impact on NAV. These disclosures fail to accurately depict stress scenarios, as they do not consider the changes in the market value of the securities in such scenarios.

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