Should you invest a large corpus at once or stagger it over 6 months? What 25 years of Nifty 50 data shows
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Investors with a large corpus can either invest it in equity at once or stagger the deployment through a six-month STP. FundsIndia’s 25-year Nifty 50 data shows that lumpsum had a modest edge in the medium term, but the return gap narrowed over longer periods.
For someone sitting on a large investible corpus, the timing of the first investment can have a noticeable impact on returns in the early years. One way to deal...