As I had already shared, SIP is a method of investing a fixed sum of money regularly in a Mutual Fund Scheme. It is quite similar to regular saving scheme in a bank account like a recurring deposit. The only difference is that there are good chances of getting a better return than a bank deposit when investing in stocks.

Benefits Of SIP

• SIP offers you tax benefits which could come in handy if have to pay income tax.
• Regular Investment makes you disciplined in your savings and also leads to wealth accumulation.
• SIP comes with a locking period, so even if you wish to spend you cannot as the funds are locked and cannot be taken out.
• In SIP, invest as low as 500 or 1000 rupees. There is no need to worry if you do not earn a lot of money as you can still be a market investor with as low as 500 a month and even that would come up to be quite a good sum after a few years.
• In SIP, you invest in mutual funds where your investments are managed by market experts and professionals who have good knowledge in this field, so you have a chance to do much better than that of investing yourself alone.
• In SIP, you will be purchasing units at all phases of the market, high or low, depending on that you get the units share and so you dont need to worry about market going up or down. But just have to wait for the right time to take out your money after the scheme is over and no more deposits are being done. Thus your investments get averages out at the end and the loss is very limited which isnt the case when you invest all at once.

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