Last fortnight, the mantra to investing was "starting early". This time it is "investing regularly".We go on yatras to holy places for meeting spiritual goals. Many of these are remote places located in mountains. In the older days, it took a lot of planning and suffering to reach there.
Yatris focused on reaching the top and took the journey's ups and downs with the same enthusiasm. They adjusted their speed according to the terrain. While they walked on a flat surface, on an incline, they trudged along.
However, nobody gave up the yatra because of the difficulties faced. A lot of things are common between the yatra to attain spiritual goals and that for attaining the financial ones.
Like a yatra, the financial journey has to begin with a goal. A lot of us save or invest without any particular goal in mind, paying the price in terms of lower returns.
The financial journey can't be given up because the goals look remote or there are difficulties on the way.
One has to keep moving to attain financial liberty. This continuous journey can be described as regular, or, systematic investment.
If we see equity markets in a growing economy like India, they keep rising over a period of time. Surely, there can be extended periods of downturn, but, eventually, indices start going up.
The BSE Sensex has risen 83 times over the last 30 years, or, 10 times in the last 20 years, or, 6 times over the last decade. It makes sense to invest in the Sensex and forget about it. All of us know the statistics.
The rising trajectory of the Sensex is known to
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