Is SIP Safe To Invest?

SIP of course is safe to invest in, unless the world is destroyed by a nuclear conflict or climate change, which I do not foresee happening anytime soon.

Besides external factor like wars and global warming, we ourselves destroy the inherent safety of investments, including the SIP, by constantly worrying about the performance of the investment, market conditions, etc. The media also is doing a lot of disservice to the investors through their relentless noise.

What is the Solution? Once you have started a SIP, just keep it alive, by monthly subscription, for a very, very long time, like 20 to 50 years. Simply turn a deaf year to what the newspapers may say or your family or friends may advise. 

By following this simple formula you not only ensure the continuation of the already built-in safety of the SIP, but also let the 'Miracle of Compounding' to work in your favour and most likely by the end of the said long period you will end up a very rich and character wise a very strong and disciplined person.

Which One is Better: Recurring Deposit in Bank or SIP in Mutual Funds?

Savings and Investment are two separate concepts. Savings are generally short term in nature and may be intended for a specific purpose like education of child, marriage of a girl child, including savings for investment. Investment on the other hand is long term in nature, say for 20 to 30 years and should not be broken or sold or withdrawn before that period.

A recurring deposit (RD) with a bank for savings purpose is alright. If one is talking about investing and multiplying the sum many times then systematic investment plan (SIP) is the only answer and there is no comparison with RD.

Even though you have not touched this aspect, I have repeatedly mention every time, everywhere that starting a SIP and discontinuing it after a short time, citing reasons of market conditions, is quite useless. A SIP can yield benefits only if it is kept alive irrespective of any reasons for 20 to thirty or even 50 years. During that long, long period the ‘Miracle of Compounding’, propounded by Albert Einstein, will work in favour of the investor. Also the companies constituting the mutual fund grow naturally in size and profits, again benefiting the investor.

Believe me, following the simple principle described herein can not only multiply the investment many times but make the investor really Rich.

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Anand

Note: This is a reproduction of the question I had answered on the website ‘Quora’.