Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Which date to choose for equity mutual fund SIP?

Many a time investors come to us asking which is the right date for SIP investment.
They also want to know whether splitting SIPs into two dates make any difference to their returns.

We did a research to find out whether date matter in SIPs.

We took HDFC Top 200 as a sample fund. Assume one has been investing Rs 1000 per month for a period of 10 years (120 months) from 2003 to 2013 in different dates 1, 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25.



We also split the Rs 1000 between two dates in a month.

Here it goes:


Date Rate Values
1st Of month 
19.30%
331698
5th of month
19.36%
332901
10th of month
19.82%
340950
15th of month
19.52%
335719
20th of month
18.77%
322362
25th of month
18.42%
316287
1st & 20th
19.03%
327030
5th & 25th
18.72%
327030
1st & 15th
19.41%
327030
5th & 20th
19.07%
327631
25th & 10th
19.12%
328619




























Observation and conclusion:

SIP on 10th of every month works the best compared to other dates. The splitting of dates is a bad option and in fact brings your overall returns down. We suggest that you choose a date that is closer to your salaries. It should not happen that by the time SIP hits your bank account you have insufficient balance.

As far as possible let the SIP hit your bank account in the period between 5 to 10 of every month, but there is not so much diference in earning percentage due to date. So for being a crorepati just make a SIP on any date and enjoy.

Few of other funds:


Fund   1st   5th   7th   10th   14th   15th   20th   21st   25th   28th
Franklin India Bluechip Fund
17.06%

18.07%
17.92%


17.64%

17.69%
HDFC Equity Fund
18.81%
20.45%

20.08%

19.89%
19.98%

19.56%
DSP BlackRock Top 100 Equity
17.51%

18.51%

18.42%


18.23%

17.61%



Source : moneycontrol

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