A Systematic Approach to Your Investment in 2022 - Quantum Mutual Fund

The start of the Year may be a good time to assess your investments and rebalance your portfolio. While you may not be able to avoid the impact of risks on your investments, such as the spread of the Omicron variant, global inflationary pressures, and anticipated rate hikes, you can surely change the approach to your investments.

With a little bit of effort and education, you can lower the impact of these risks on your investments to some extent and capture the opportunity for risk-adjusted returns.

Mutual Fund Investment planning can be done systematically using three systematic facilities.

1.  SIP (Systematic Investment Plan)

2.  STP (Systematic Transfer Plan)

3.  SWP (Systematic Withdrawal Plan)

Those of you who do not have a regular salary or have surplus money, can consider investing at any given time a lumpsum amount.

For everyone else, a systematic approach is what works best. A systematic investment approach gives you the flexibility, convenience and discipline to free you from the need to time the market. Is any of these approaches more suitable than the other? Let’s understand how they differ:

In addition, it is also important to consider the following before making a decision:

1. How does it work?

• In an SIP, you make regular fixed investments in a Mutual Fund scheme of your choice. Generally, these investments are done in equity funds for a longer tenure.

• In an STP, generally in most of the cases, first investment is made in a Debt fund, mostly a liquid fund, and then your investment is transferred to an equity fund selected by you at regular intervals. The tenure and amount of transfer in the case of STP is fixed.

• In an SWP, you can withdraw money from Mutual Fund schemes at regular intervals. .

2. Who is it for?

• An SIP is typically suitable for investors who want to make long-term investments but cannot afford to invest a lump sum amount in Mutual Funds. Not to forget, an SIP is mostly apt for investors who wish to achieve a particular goal through Mutual Fund investment.

• An STP is suitable for investors who have some surplus money but do not want to invest the entire amount in a particular Mutual Fund scheme. So, by means of an STP, they can transfer small amounts at regular intervals in a particular mutual fund.

• An SWP, on the other hand, is suitable for investors who want a regular option for withdrawal/cashflow. They can first invest in a scheme with a low level of risk and then withdraw the amounts at regular intervals.

3. What is the Tax Impact?

• When it comes to SIPs, there is no tax applicable for purchasing subsequent investment units unless you have redeemed your investment. But when it comes to STP and SWP, there is taxation involved. Because in STP, funds are transferred from one fund to another. Each transfer is treated as a redemption and attracts a Capital gains tax. In the case of SWP, each withdrawal attracts tax. Each withdrawal is also treated as a redemption and will be subjected to Capital Gain Tax.

To summarize, all the three types – SIP, STP and SWP are systematic and disciplined modes of investment. They help investors in generating risk-adjusted returns over the long term.

So, if you have chosen which mode is best for you and decided to start, you can begin investing with Quantum Mutual Funds.

You can build your portfolio using a proven, time-tested, and diversified 12-20-80 asset allocation strategy that incorporates three simple building blocks of the three asset classes of Equity, Debt and Gold. It offers the potential to help minimize downside risks while helping to achieve long-term goals.

Build the foundation that is the emergency block by setting aside money equivalent to 12 months of monthly expenses in a bank account and a liquid fund scheme such as Quantum Liquid Fund to fulfill the urgent need for money.

Next, you can allot 20% to the portfolio diversifying block of gold that generally has a negative correlation with equities using efficient forms of gold investment such as Quantum Gold Fund ETF and Quantum Gold Savings Fund.. Finally, you can allocate 80% of the balance investment corpus to the growth block, the diversified equity bucket that is free from any style or market cap bias in the 70-15-15 ratio.

To simplify the portfolio allocation, you can now find a new solution to simplify your Asset Allocation needs.

Create your account and experience the magic and simplicity of the 12-20-80 for yourself.

Name of the Scheme	This product is suitable for investors who are seeking*	Riskometer
Quantum Liquid Fund An Open-ended Liquid Scheme. A relatively low interest rate risk and relatively low credit risk.	• Income over the short term • Investments in debt / money market instruments	Investors understand that their principal will be at Low Risk
Quantum Gold Fund An Open Ended Scheme Replicating / Tracking Gold	• Long term returns • Investments in physical gold	Investors understand that their principal will be at Moderately High Risk
Quantum Gold Savings Fund An Open Ended Fund of Fund Scheme Investing in Quantum Gold Fund	• Long term returns • Investments in units of Quantum Gold Fund - Exchange Traded Fund whose underlying investments are in physical gold.	Investors understand that their principal will be at Moderately High Risk

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