Investing With Small Amount of Money

Vishal , Last updated: 09 February 2011  
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The best way to save your money is in the form of investment. Best part is that you do not require lots money to invest. Even if your earning is low then also you can make small investments. In the past one require lot money available in order to make initial investments. But today things have been changed, and you can invest as low as Rs 500 monthly. Here are some of the ways where you start with investing very little money upfront.

Buy Stocks Directly:
If you are planning to invest in a good IT company or in a Bank, then you can consider direct purchase plan popularly known as DDP, which allows you to purchase stocks directly from the company itself. There is no brokerage or any middleman, which will charge commission from you, so you can directly get a valued stock from the company itself. DDP faces one major drawback that not all the Companies allow you to invest directly with them.

The real benefit of investing in DDP is that you are not charged for any kind of brokerage, and also you have been given the choice of buying only few stocks. You can buy even just half of a share and then you can continue to use small amount of money to purchase more stocks over time.

Investing in Mutual Funds through SIPS

SIPs have been a kind of revolution to small Mutual Fund investor, who do not have enough money to invest in mutual Funds in one time. Investing through SIP in a mutual fund is considered as the best way as SIP offers the following advantages:

• Rupee Cost Averaging
• Compounding

Through SIP one can invest as low as Rs 500/month in Mutual Funds. These Funds, offers growth and dividend option for redemption of money in Mutual Funds. If one need his payout to be made yearly he can go for dividend option else for long term he can consider growth option in Mutual Funds.

Using ETFs:

You can also consider ETFs Exchange Traded Funds, are also considered as another good investment avenue. Unlike a mutual fund that may impose a minimum initial investment, ETFs trade like stocks. They have a specific share price and can be purchased through virtually any broker. So, with an ETF you can buy just a couple of shares as long as you have enough money to buy the shares.

The disadvantage that ETFs has is you have to pay the brokerage; since commission varies from broker to broker, so the brokerage can eat up your money. One way to reduce buy ETFs less frequently and with slightly larger amounts of money you can keep your transaction costs down.

Small investments made in early can give you a big amount during your retirement period. So it's always better to start investing as early as possible even if your earning is low. As your earnings increase you should try to invest more amounts, which will not only be your savings, but will give you better return on your savings, so this will increase your savings.

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09 April 2011 Sohil

Its 5 stars in mf i meant i typed it years bimistake


09 April 2011 Sohil

TO those who wants to invest but dont know where to start. 1::Not to keep money idle in bank account as it give 3.5% miniscule interest which even dont take care of inflation.If you still havent or cant decide atleast make 3-6 months fd atleast 6-7% annual return will give double than money getting wasted.Though even that doesnt take care of inflation. 2::If want to take care of both inflation and also want a decent return buy physical gold or silver(mind it the money should be really small in amount say less than 50k).Also one should buy averagely 5k buy on big fall in market.I said small amount becoz when you need money and you go for selling it you can take back cash as taking white in huge amount too will lead you into ltcg and stcg.Yes buying physical should be avoided but amount is small and want money to grow but mind it money will change color if you dont wish to pay tax on it. 3::Regarding MF and shares ill say they are the best option.But one need to finalised broker than 30-40 signs on different paper nominations etc.Even if that done and you dont know which one to invest than whats the point to invest.Best mf are elss as they give higher returns as they have 3 years lock in but again timing is important as i myself invested in some elss which are said to be 5 years but giving me negative returns after 3 years as my time of investment was at all time high level without average.And shares same about fundamentals. I will say to avoid even with shares like infosys and others because see what reliance have given in last 2 years no returns.But if you still want to invest in shares go for companies like tcs ,wipro(only becoz of its past 30 years record) but best bet will be fmcg like itc and others and retail giants(but all risky)


14 February 2011 Vinita

Hi Subbarao, This is in response to your question. To select a good mutual fund you need to decide where you want your money to be. In equities, in debt instruments, in balanced funds (both debt and equities) or you want sectoral funds or commodities related funds. Once you know where u want to put your money, I would suggest that you pickup a magazine which writes about mutual funds or you could go to mint newspaper's website and refer to their 50 best mutual funds list to start with. They updated this list recently. I keep reading these articles and so I know. Hope this helps. Best regards, Vinita.


14 February 2011 Vinita

Hi Bhavesh, This is in response to your comment. Before you invest you need to think about this - for what do you want to use the invested amount? If it is long term say beyong 5 years you can invest in equities. Best option is mutual funds if u do not have time to do the research. If it is for short term say 1-5 years then FDs are good. At present bank FDs are giving good rate of interest. If it is for less than a year then a money market account or short term FD is a good option. Hope this helps. Best regards, Vinita


12 February 2011 Bhavesh Jobanputra

Hi Vishal. I am a PCC Student. I had cleared first group this time. i have bit savings but had never invested any where, i read your article its good but canu pls tell me the in detail. i mean how should i start. in which should i invest. you can call me . my numbar is 7666020004. willwait for ur reply. With Regards, Bhavesh Jobanputra Mumbai


11 February 2011 subbarao

It is very very useful. But which type mutual funds company you are not suggest. Please tell me. This is my number 9000640171


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