Mutual Fund Growth: Monthly Mutual Fund i.e. SIP has crossed the figure of Rs 26 thousand crore in a month for the first time, which has become Rs 26,459 crore in December. Whereas in November this figure was Rs 25,320 crore, hence mutual funds have now emerged as the first choice of investors. Also, in the month of December, mutual fund folios have also created a record and there were a total of 22,50,03,545 folios this month.
If we talk about retail mutual fund folios (Hybrid + Solution Oriented Scheme) folios have been at all-time high in December. There were 17,54,84,468 folios in November and it increased to 17,89,93,911 folios in December. Whereas in retail AUM (equity + hybrid + solution oriented scheme), there was investment of Rs 39,91,313 crore in December and Rs 39,70,220 crore in November 2024.
4 lakh 80 thousand new SIPs started in December 2024. It seems that people's interest towards mutual funds has increased. Talking about the total SIP in the month of December, it was 54,27,201, whereas in November there were 49,46,408 SIPs. Whereas SIP AUM in December was Rs 13.63 lakh crore and in November it was Rs 13.54 lakh crore. Talking about SIP accounts, there were a total of 10,32,02,796 SIP accounts in December, whereas in November, there were 10,22,66,590 SIP accounts and in December, AUM was Rs 69,32,959.05 crore, whereas in November 2024, it was Rs 68,04,913.46. Was crores.
There has been a lot of uncertainty in the stock market in the last three-four months, foreign investors have also withdrawn their money from the stock market. In such a situation, people's trust in mutual funds has increased, due to which a record investment of Rs 26,459.49 crore was made in mutual funds through SIP in December. For the first time since April 2019, Rs 9,761 crore has been invested in small and mid cap mutual funds. Also, there has been a growth of 50.2 percent in SIP flow year after year.
If you invest in mutual funds and are continuing it in future also, then this is the best option for investment. In fact, there may be further ups and downs in the stock market because Donald Trump will take oath as the President of America on January 20 and he may increase the tariffs. Because of this, there may be a big fall in the stock market in the coming days. If you are investing in mutual funds then there will be very less risk for you.
