A Systematic Investment Plan or SIP is a smart and hassle free mode for investing money in mutual funds. SIP allows you to invest a certain Pre-Determined amount at a regular interval (weekly, monthly, quarterly, etc.). A SIP is a planned approach towards investments and helps you inculcate the habit of saving and building wealth for the future.
How does it work??
A SIP is a flexible and easy investment plan. Your money is auto-debited from your bank account and invested into a specific mutual fund scheme.You are allocated certain number of units based on the ongoing market rate (called NAV or net asset value) for the day.
Every time you invest money, additional units of the scheme are purchased at the market rate and added to your account. Hence, units are bought at different rates and investors benefit from Rupee-Cost Averaging and the Power of Compounding.
Example:- Mr. David wishes to start a SIP investment worth of 10000 Monthly in equity or fixed income mutual fund. And he wants that the amount should be deducted on 10th date of every month from his bank account. As per his instruction 10 of every month David bank’s gives to money to that particular mutual fund company
Once money is received by that mutual fund company, the mutual fund company allocates units to Mr David on the closing rate of NAV ( Net Assets Value) on that particular date.
So like this whole process happens on every month again and again, due to this units being accumulated in David’s account this process is called an SIP