DSP BlackRock Focus Fund - Direct Plan
Reason for recommendation
This is an open-ended equity scheme that invests in securities of top 200 companies by market capitalisation. The fund will invest at least 95% of the corpus across the top 25 holdings in the portfolio excluding debt and money market securities.
The portfolio of the fund shows that the scheme invests dominantly in the large-cap stocks. The scheme has invested around 93% of the corpus into the blue-chip stocks which suggest less volatility in the returns. Moreover, the fund is well-exposed to sectors like finance, construction, and automobile which are expected to outperform the market, going ahead.
The major holdings of the fund are in HDFC Bank, Larsen & Toubro and Maruti Suzuki. As the market turns more volatile, investors will continue to get attracted towards the quality names, even if their valuation gets steeper. Holdings of the fund include HDFC Bank, HDFC Limited, Bajaj Finance, besides names such as Larsen & Toubro with the improved order also looks good for the longer run. Automobile company such as Maruti Suzuki is also going to outperform ahead. So, we see the fund as the value buy for our valued investors. The fund is for moderate risk investors. 
