Benefit of SIP
SIP has a lot of benefits
1] Habit of saving & Disciplined
Investing-
The
power of saving underlines the essence of making money work if only invested at
an early age. The longer one delays in investing, the greater the financial
burden to meet desired goals. Saving a small sum of money regularly at an early
age makes money work with significant impact on wealth accumulation.
It’s
the key to investing success. Regular investment makes you disciplined in your
savings and also leads to wealth accumulation. Systematic investing is a
time-tested discipline that makes it easy to invest automatically. Investing
regularly in small amounts can often lead to better results than investing in a
lump sum.
2] Reduces overall Risk-
All
one has to do is to invest a fixed pre decided amount of money on a regular
basis for a long period of time. Since the amount invested is constant one
invests when the markets are high as well as when the markets are low. Although
SIP does not guarantee profit, it can go a long way in minimizing the effects
of investing in volatile markets. This helps the investor to not worry about
market volatility and keep on investing while accumulating the wealth.
3] Average purchase cost is less:-
SIPs
help you to average your purchase cost and maximize returns. When you invest
regularly over a period irrespective of the market conditions, you would get
more units when the market is low and less units when the market is high. This
averages out the purchase cost of your mutual fund units.
4] No Timing the market
Investors
are always in a dilemma that if it is a right time to invest or not. No one can
predict which may the market will move or if the market has achieved its peak
or low point. Investing through SIP resolves this dilemma as it is a periodic
investment which occurs across market cycles. SIP is not free from the market
volatility and the fund value may go down, but it frees you from the worry of
market movements.
5] Achieve your Goals
SIP
is a great tool through which you can achieve your financial goals. Say, you
want to buy a car in 5 years which costs Rs 7.5 lakhs. Accounting for 6%
inflation in 5 years it will cost approx. 10.04 lakhs.
If
you invest in a mutual fund which gives you 12% yearly returns for 5 years, you
will need to invest approx. Rs. 5.7 lakhs to achieve your goal.
However,
if you go through SIP route, you need to invest only Rs. 12,593 Rs. per month
for 5 years in the same fund where you expect to get 12% return.
This
shows that through SIP you can achieve your goal by investing a relatively
small amount monthly.
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