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Portfolio & Risk
A portfolio is a system. Learn how exposures interact, where liquidity breaks, and why risk is more than volatility.
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5 guides. 25 connected topics.
Every topic below links to a substantial, indexable section inside a complete pillar guide.
Four cases · balanced evidence
Two outcomes that worked. Two that fell short.
Use the real result to pressure-test the guide: chronology, economics, stakeholder outcomes and primary sources are shown inside every file.
Open the complete category →UTI Nifty 50 Index Fund: the quiet advantage of doing one simple job well
A practical Indian index-fund case study using UTI's disclosed returns and AUM: why low-cost replication can work, how tracking difference compounds, and why simple never means risk-free.
Read the case →What fell shortUTI US-64 crisis: when a liquid savings promise collided with an undisclosed NAV
The US-64 crisis remains India's clearest lesson in product-label risk: administered prices, hidden NAV, equity exposure and a 2001 redemption freeze collided in a scheme trusted by millions.
Read the case →What fell shortFranklin Templeton's six debt schemes: when daily access met hard-to-sell credit
A real-world reconstruction of the 2020 winding-up decision and what it teaches about open-ended funds, underlying market liquidity, redemptions and household cash planning.
Read the case →What workedGold in 2025: record demand, but three different buyers with three different motives
World Gold Council data show record 2025 demand and value. This case separates ETF flows, physical investment and central-bank buying instead of treating one headline as a permanent thesis.
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