Thursday, May 10, 2012

Common Myths Associated With Systematic Investment Plans Busted


Myth 1 - You cannot invest a lump sum in the same account in which you are doing an SIP: 
It is a general assumption among most people that if they are making an investment through systematic investment plan and they  have a surplus to invest, they cannot put it into that particular account.  Truth is you can push any surplus amount to a SIP account. For example if you are doing an SIP of Rs 5,000 a month and suddenly have a surplus of Rs 1,00,000, you can add it into your account while still continue paying the SIP amount in the coming months.SIP is just a payment mode, not a scheme!

Myth 2 - If I miss investing for a particular month, will they prosecute me?
People carry on hangovers and bad experiences till death. The same hold true here. The fear that people have of EMI’s passes on even to the SIP. Truth is, nobody is going to prosecute you if you miss your payment of SIP. You are after all investing in SIP and not making a payment for settlement of a loan! As a matter of discipline, you should not miss any month; however, missing one month's investment is not a crime!

Myth 3 -SIP is only for small investors
 Nothing can be farther from the truth. SIP can be done with minimum amount of   Rs 500 and the maximum amount you can put in depends on you. So if you wish to do an SIP with a denomination of amount that runs into thousands each month, nobody is going to stop you! SIP is just a way of investing and anybody can invest any amount of money through it per his convenience.

Myth no. 4 : Markets are high to start a SIP
Well, if that's what you think, then you should be starting a SIP immediately. That's because as the market corrects you would by accumulating more number of units, with every fall in the NAV, thus enabling you to lower you average purchase cost. And, as the markets, post the correction surge once again, you would gain as the yield will work to be higher.

Systematic Withdrawal plan (SWP) is the best way to take out the money from corpus invested through SIP
If you think Systematic Withdrawal Plan is the best way to take money out of your SIP account, you are overlooking many factors like transaction costs that are involved every month.  So unlike Systematic investment, systematic withdrawal is not at all suitable and should be avoided.

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