Why SIPs are gaining popularity among investors

When we take a small sip of a cup of coffee, it quickly leads to the next and before we know it, the entire cup has been emptied and a feeling of contentment takes over. Today, we recommend that you take a tiny SIP of the mutual fund market and start building your future corpus. And that contentment we spoke of? Will come over time!

SIP or a Systematic Investment Plan is the easiest way to put in small amounts of money into mutual funds and get the maximum benefit out of them in the long run. In our busy lives, while we have the right intentions, we often put savings on the back burner, choosing to spend instead on goods and social entertainment. This is where an SIP can come in and quietly work in the background to help with the discipline to save regularly.

Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) is the ideal way of investing in Equity Mutual Funds. It helps you:

• Avoid the risk of timing the markets
• It facilitates wealth creation in a disciplined manner
• It averages the cost of investments, so you don’t have the hassle of monitoring the markets
• As result of compounding, over time, small savings help create a big corpus.
• Helps achieve your investment goals

Why choose SIP?

• The Bull and Bear markets can be overwhelming. SIPs are a good way of testing your appetite for the stock market without daily monitoring.
• Though SIP works silently, you always have the option of re-balancing your portfolio according to market valuation and your risk profile to achieve the right balance for you between Equity and Debt funds.
• You have immediate access to your funds. If invested in open-ended mutual funds, an investor can terminate the investment at any point in case of a financial emergency. However, keep in mind that investments bear fruits if done for long-term. 
• An SIP can help you work towards your long-run financial goals through regular systematic savings. These goals can be your retirement, children’s education, a dream home or even a dream vacation.

Here are a few tips to help you along your journey on the SIP route:

• Mutual Fund managers do hours of expert research to identify stocks with potential to perform well over the years. While the stock selections are taken care by Fund Managers, we are happy to help you in selecting the right mutual funds for you depending on your risk profile.
• Be realistic. Assess your income and expenses and keep a buffer before committing to the SIP route. While you can always stop at any time, it is best for you to decide on a workable amount of spare cash at regular intervals to maintain the discipline of investment.
• It is always advisable to assign goal to your SIP investments. It helps you to identify the investment for that specific objective and achieving the goal easily with time.
• Check fund details. We can help you with offer documents and related information before you make your final selection.
• Start early and understand the power of compounding. Let’s look at this example: Rs.5000 invested monthly at a 10% p.a. return over a 30 and 35 year period would accumulate to Rs.1.13 crores and Rs.1.90 crores, respectively - a massive difference of Rs.77 lakhs! By simply starting to save 5 years earlier, a person benefits immensely!

Review the performance of your portfolio only after a certain interval as it takes time to judge the performance of a SIP. SIP needs to go through a few market cycles to be tested properly. And don’t worry, you always have the choice of realigning your fund composition. Long term is the key!

Start an SIP today.

Disclaimer: Mutual Fund investments are subject to market risks, read all scheme related documents carefully.