New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- Do you want to add a large-cap passive scheme to your mutual fund portfolio but are unsure whether a Nifty 50 Equal Weight Index Fund is the right choice?

Unlike a regular Nifty 50 index fund, an equal-weight fund gives all 50 stocks a similar weight, reducing the portfolio's dependence on the largest companies.

With all the Nifty 50 and equal-weight index funds in the red over the last 1 year, investors may be wondering whether to invest now or wait. This makes it important to understand when an equal-weight strategy could work better within the large-cap segment.

DSP Mutual Fund, in a report titled "How to take advantage of Polarization & Depolarization?", has suggested a framework investors can use to identify w...