SIP is the most preferred way of investing in the markets by retail investors. One of the key advantages of SIP is that you can start it at any time with whatever amount you choose. Once you start with an SIP, you no longer need to worry about market levels (high, low). You should continue with your SIP in the best mutual fund of your choice till the time your financial goals are achieved.
SIP stands for Systematic Investment Plan, a mode of investing in mutual funds that allows one to invest fixed amount in a specific mutual fund scheme at rgular intervals (weekly, monthly, quarterly). It makes regular investment convenient:
While investing is a personal decision based on everyone’s unique situation, every financial plan will have some allocation of the 3 major asset classes:
But investing in the stock markets can be a challenge, with the wild and unpredictable swings in share prices. To reduce the risk of investing “at the wrong time”, many investors can opt for a Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) in the Best Mutual Fund of their choice.
An SIP, or a Systematic Investment Plan, is a mode of investment whereby you, the investor, invests a pre-determined amount on a monthly basis, on a pre-determined date, into the Best Mutual Fund Scheme of your choice. Today, it is among the most chosen method of investing by retail investors.
4 Benefits of SIP:
While there could be other benefits, here are 5 that we would like to share.
Since you are buying units every month, you will be buying at market dips and rises, so you are averaging your cost of investments over the time period.
If you start early, SIP helps you to start investing to meet the greater expenses of your life. Saving a small sum of money regularly makes your money work with power of compounding and increase impact on wealth accumulation.
SIP investors can avoid market timing - as they get the chance to buy low, and later when they want, sell high.
The best part of starting an SIP is that it is suitable for any wallet. You can start with a ticket size of your choice, you can start small with as low as Rs. 500/- in the Best Mutual Fund of your choice and slowly build up your wealth.
With an SIP you do not need to try to time the market and thereby inculcates automatic financial discipline into your investing method.
Making investments in stock markets via Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) has been proved as a strategy to many investors and also helps you to play safe given the volatile nature of stock markets.
From a practical point of view, an SIP is the preferred route of mutual fund investments as investing through SIPs inculcates the discipline of saving & investing. It is best to align the frequency of investments with that of your income schedule. If you are a salaried employee, you could go for monthly SIP to regularize your savings. Most of our bills follow a monthly cycle so it makes sense to view SIP as a monthly 'expense' that is actually an investment helping you to inculcate the investing habit.
The yardstick for SIP must be your financial goal – the fund that you select to start an SIP in should best match your Financial Goal.
An SIP is the first step to your financial goals and should not be judged on the basis of market performance. Market uncertainty will prevail but your financial goals are fixed. Let your SIP achieve it. You need patience and confidence till the time your SIP helps to achieve your financial goal. Remember mutual funds sahi hai & SIP is one of the sahi tareeka for investing in mutual funds.
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