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We all know that discipline becomes a part of our life only when we make it a habit. Just like breaking a habit is a difficult thing, starting a new one is also not very easy. It is human nature to procrastinate. That is why, an SIP (Systematic Investment Plan) is a tool that helps you in your savings and investment goals without making major active change in your financial habits.
People often tend to worry about how any error of judgement will impact their long-term future. This is where expert financial advisers come in. They are trained to understand and help clients identify the following:
Once they have identified these, they can suggest investments best suited to your personal needs rather than following a herd mentality and suggesting a fixed set of investment options to all clients.
How can an SIP help?
Idle money gravitates to unnecessary expenditure. Instead, choose an SIP. An SIP is like a brick for a strong financial foundation. Before you know it, a corpus will be built quietly. Since an SIP investment is automatic, small amounts keep getting added to it every month without you even realising to create significant wealth over the long term without compromising your present expenses. When the interest you earn on your investment also begins to earn interest, think how quickly your money will grow!
SIP insulates investments from the human tendency of always trying to maximize profit. While there is no harm in buying low and selling high, it is almost impossible to time the market on regular basis. One slip in timing, the market can cost you significantly. SIPs take away this unnecessary interference and allow the rupee cost averaging benefit to help protect your investments and give you the best outcome.
It helps to follow Warren Buffett’s suggestion of ‘Do not save what is left after spending. Spend what is left after saving.’ First, we must learn to allocate a part, however small, of our income towards our savings. Then we can spend the rest. The important thing is to put savings ahead of unnecessary spends. This discipline is what will help our future become financially secure.
SIP helps to bring discipline in Financial Goal Achievement. One can define his/her financial goal after a certain time. There can be multiple goals after different time horizons. Ascertain the amount of SIP required to achieve those goals on respective times of requirement and then just continue the SIPs .
Most of us believe that only a lump sum investment can bring big returns. The flip side of buying low at lumpsum is you need to sell high (book profits) and re-enter at lower market levels. If you don’t sell high, you cannot maximize your returns when you do lump sum style of investing. This is the reason why SIP is preferable even for seasoned investors.
When you choose an SIP, as the name suggests, individuals can deposit small amounts in mutual fund schemes at regular intervals. The main advantage of SIPs is averaging. As you know, markets move up and down and as a result, your regular investments in these funds take advantage of the fall and rise in markets (reflected in the NAV of mutual funds).
When it comes to investing, the main objective is to generate returns. An SIP is the most disciplined, continuous and easy-on-the-pocket option to make regular savings for a more financially-secure future.
Disclaimer: Mutual Fund investments are subject to market risks, read all scheme related documents carefully.
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