Top 15 Best Mutual Funds to invest through SIP in 2021
Top 15 Best Mutual Funds to invest through SIP in 2021
Generally, mutual fund investors would invest in 3-5 mutual fund schemes through SIP and redeem as and when they need money. Instead of this, they should invest based on the risk appetite, financial goal and tenure. This way they can maximize the returns from such SIP mutual funds. Like every year, even this year, we are recommending top and best mutual funds to invest through SIP in 2021. This time instead of top 10 mutual funds, we would recommend Top 15 Mutual Funds for 2021. Which are the Top 15 Best Mutual Funds to invest in SIP in 2021 in India?
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What are SIP Mutual Funds?
Systematic Investment Plan popularly known as SIP is the option provided by mutual fund houses where one can invest a small amount in a disciplined manner. You can invest in SIP Plans either daily, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly or yearly. Most popular one is monthly SIP. You can invest as low as Rs 500 per month in SIP Plans.
How to choose SIP Mutual Funds?
Here are some tips on choosing Best Mutual Funds to invest in India.
1) Risk Appetite: Choose a SIP mutual fund based on your risk appetite (High risk, moderate risk and low risk). If you are low to moderate risk taker, no point in investing in a midcap mutual fund, which is meant for high risk takers. Investing in the correct SIP mutual fund would always reward you with higher returns.
2) Tenure of investment: Choose a mutual fund based on tenure you want to invest. This would help you to choose right mutual fund scheme. If you want to invest for 3 months, liquid mutual funds could be better. If you are looking to invest for 10 years, large cap mutual fund scheme / Flexicap mutual funds could be better options than debt mutual funds.
3) Fund Performance: When you choose a mutual fund scheme check how a mutual fund scheme performed in various market cycles. An extra step of checking the rolling returns i.e. checking consistency returns compared to peers and benchmark would always help you to invest in winning mutual funds.
4) Ranking and Ratings: Ranking given by Crisil and Ratings by Value Research could be taken additional parameters to assess the quality of the mutual fund scheme. This parameter should not be the sole reason to buy a SIP mutual fund.
Sector funds are avoided here. Index funds would work for strategy of long term investment, but many investors are still not in favor of it. while I am not against them, we have not considered in this article.
We have filtered based on the above criteria and came out with Top 15 Best Mutual Funds to invest in India through SIP in 2021.
Top 15 Best Mutual Funds to invest through SIP in 2021 in India
Here are the list of top 15 mutual funds.
#1 – Mirae Asset Large Cap Fund
#2 – Axis Bluechip Fund
#3 – SBI Bluechip Fund
#4 – Canara Robeco Bluechip Equity Fund
#5 – Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip Fund
#6 – SBI Small Cap Fund
#7 – Kotak Emerging Equity Fund Regular Plan
#8 – Axis Midcap
#9 – Axis smallcap
#10 – Kotak Standard Multicap Fund Regular Plan
#11 – Parag Parikh Flexicap fund
#12 – UTI Equity fund
#13 – SBI Equity Hybrid Fund
#14 – HDFC Hybrid Equity Fund
#15 – Canara Robecco Equity Hyrbid fund
Top 15 Best Mutual Funds to invest through SIP in 2021 – More Insights
Let us get into more insights about these funds.
Best Mutual Funds to invest through SIP in 2021 – Largecap Segment
We have filtered 4 mutual funds from this segment. Out of them 3 are already recommended by us last year. Canara Robeco Bluechip equity fund is a new entrant this year in our list.
Performance of these large-cap SIP mutual funds
| Mutual Fund Scheme | 1yr | 3yr | 5yr | 10 Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirae Asset Large Cap Fund | 13.7% | 8.4% | 13.8% | 13.5% |
| Axis Bluechip Fund | 19.7% | 14.7% | 15.0% | 12.5% |
| SBI Bluechip Fund | 16.3% | 7.6% | 11.2% | 11.8% |
| Canara Robeco Bluechip Equity Fund | 23.1% | 13.7% | 14.5% | 12.1% |
* Annualised returns
Who should invest?
Largecap mutual funds would invest in largecap / bluechip stocks and provide stability to your portfolio. If you are moderate to high risk investor and willing to invest for 8 to 10 years, you can invest in these best largecap mutual funds through SIP.
Best Mutual Funds to invest now in 2021 – Midcap and Smallcap Segment
We have filtered 5 mutual funds from this segment. Out of them 3 are already recommended by us last year. Axis Midcap and Axis Smallcap funds are new entrants this year in our list.
Performance of these Midcap/Smallcap SIP mutual funds
| Mutual Fund Scheme | 1yr | 3yr | 5yr | 10 Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip Fund | 22.4% | 9.9% | 17.3% | 20.1% |
| SBI Small Cap Fund | 33.6% | 4.4% | 15.6% | 18.9% |
| Kotak Emerging Equity Fund Regular Plan | 21.9% | 5.4% | 13.1% | 14.5% |
| Axis Midcap Fund | 26.0% | 13.2% | 14.8% | NA |
| Axis Small Cap Fund | 22.4% | 10.0% | 13.8% | NA |
* Annualised returns
Who should invest?
Midcap and smallcap mutual funds would tap opportunities in midcap/smallcap stocks. While there are many multibagger midcap stocks and smallcap stocks, these are risky too. If you are a high risk investor and willing to invest for 10+ years, you can invest in such funds. Moderate or low risk investors should stay away from such high risk mutual funds.
Best Mutual Funds to invest in 2021 through SIP – Flexicap (erstwhile Multicap) category
We have filtered 3 mutual funds from this segment. Out of them 1 is already recommended by us last year. UTI Equity Fund and Parag Parikh Flexicap funds are new entrants in this year.
Performance of these Flexicap SIP mutual funds
| Mutual Fund Scheme | 1yr | 3yr | 5yr | 10 Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kotak Standard Multicap Fund | 11.8% | 7.5% | 12.8% | 12.6% |
| Parag Parikh Flexicap fund | 32.3% | 14.6% | 15.0% | — |
| UTI Equity fund | 31.6% | 15.0% | 14.9% | 13.0% |
* Annualised returns
Who should invest?
Flexicap mutual funds (erstwhile multicap funds) would invest across market cap. Such funds provide diversification to your portfolio. If you are moderate to high risk investor and willing to invest for 8-10 years, you can invest in these Flexicap / Multicap mutual fund schemes in 2021.
Best SIP Mutual Funds to invest in 2021 – Hybrid category
Hybrid funds also known as balanced mutual funds. We have filtered 3 mutual funds from this segment. Out of them 2 are already recommended by us last year. Canara Robecco Equity Hybrid Fund is new entrant in this year.
Performance of these Hybrid / Balanced SIP mutual funds
| Mutual Fund Scheme | 1yr | 3yr | 5yr | 10 Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SBI Equity Hybrid Fund | 12.9% | 8.6% | 11.1% | 11.8% |
| HDFC Hybrid Equity Fund | 13.4% | 5.8% | 10.6% | 12.3% |
| Canara Robeco Equity Hybrid Fund | 19.7% | 10.6% | 11.9% | 12.4% |
* Annualised returns
Who should invest?
Hybrid funds/ balanced funds would invest in equity and debt based on investment objective of the fund. The beauty of such funds is that while debt portion can provide stability, equity portion can provide growth in the fund. If you are moderate risk investor and willing to invest for 5+ years, you can invest in these Best Hybrid / balanced mutual funds.
How much should you invest in these funds?
I keep getting these kind of questions now and then saying what is an ideal mutual fund portfolio and which are the best mutual funds to invest for long term. This would depend on various factors. Here are a few tips that would help you to design your mutual fund portfolio. This is just an ideal mutual fund portfolio and one can fine tune them.
1) If you are young, willing to take risks (high risk taker) and invest for 20 to 30 years, you can consider the higher portion of mutual fund portfolio in midcap/smallcap, moderate portion in largecap/flexicap and hybrid portion. While there is no hard and fast rule, you can consider 50 : 25 : 25 (Midcap/Smallcap : largecap/flexicap : Hybrid fund).
2) If you are young or in 40’s, willing to take some risks (moderate to high risk taker) and invest for 10+ years, you can consider the moderate portion in all these categories of funds. Again, while there is no hard and fast rule, you can consider 30 : 40 : 20 (Midcap/Smallcap: large cap/flexicap: Hybrid fund).
3) If you are moderate risk taker / in 50’s and want to invest in 8-10 year tenure, avoid midcap/smallcap and consider your portfolio in other equity funds. Again, while there is specific rule, you can consider 40 : 60 (large cap/flexicap : Hybrid funds).
4) If you are a moderate risk taker, willing to invest for 5-8 years and want to balance your portfolio, invest in balanced mutual funds. You can also try an alternative option of investing in a combination of large cap/flexicap funds and debt funds. Another best way is to invest in balanced mutual funds.
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Hi,
good article.
I’ve recently started SIP in below
UTI Nifty Index Fund-Direct-Growth – 3500
HDFC Index Fund Sensex Plan-Direct-Growth -3500
ICICI Pru Nifty Next 50 Index Fund-Direct-Growth – 3000
HDFC Hybrid growth – 3000
I plant to invest 5000 more.
are this good fund for 7+ years and where should I put my next 5000.
Thanks
priyanka
Hello Priyanka, You have invested in all index funds which are good for long term. You also invested in HDFC hybrid fund which is balanced fund. You can add largecap or multicap funds to your portfolio. You can invest any of the following funds.
1) Axis blue chip fund
2) Parag Parikh flexicap fund
Thanks a lot Suresh.
Also is it a good idea to book profit in MF and leave the principle in after 7-8 years if the principle has doubled in those years
Yes you can do that. If you don’t need money in near future and if your objective is to invest for long term, don’t worry about profit booking at all
Thnaks a lot.
After your suggestion I added
axis bluechip
mirae emerging bluechip
axis small cap to my portfolio…
very nice blog articles.
Thank you Priyanka
Hi, I would like to invest 50k as One time investment for short term duration (3-6 months). which is the best fund to invest. (high risk taker). Also i have the following MF. What is your opinion on this fund? Exit or Continue..
1. ICICI Prudential Nifty Index Fund (1 year completed)
2. ICICI Prudential Healthcare and diagnostic (PHD) Fund (6 months comp.)
3. Quant Midcap Fund – (6 months comp.)
Appreciate your reply..
If you want to invest for short term of 3 to 6 months, you can go for ultra short term funds. Here are few funds in this segment
1) ICICI Pru ultra short term fund
2) Axis ultra short term fund
Regd other funds indicated by you, these are good funds, you can continue. However ICICI Pru PHD fund is sector fund. One need to monitor pharma sector and then if there is down trend, one should exit
Thank you so much for your immediate reply. I am a regular reader of your Article for the last few year. All the best.
Good to hear this VSAM.
Dear Suresh
Hope you are doing well!
Below is my current MF portfolio. Could you please advise if any change is needed here.
Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip Fund (G) -Large and Mid- 3000
PRINCIPAL EMERGING BLUECHIP FUND REGULAR PLAN GROWTH- Multi Cap 5000
SBI BLUE CHIP FUND – GROWTH- Large Cap 3000
ICICI Prudential Equity & Debt Fund – Direct Plan – Growth -Hybrid 3000
SBI Equity Hybrid Fund – Direct Plan – Growth -Hybrid 3000
HDFC Hybrid Equity Fund – Direct Plan- Hybrid 3000
Mirae Asset Emerging Bluechip Fund – Direct Plan -Large and Mid 5000
Kotak Standart Multicap Fund -Multi Cap 3000
Axis Blue chip fund Large cap Direct Plan- Large Cap 5000
Also, I am a Moderate to High-risk taker. Can I add Axis mid-cap/Parag Parikh Flexicap fund for 10 years or any other fund based on the above portfolio?
Thank you
Best Regards
Dilip
Hello Dilip, Good collection of funds from Multicap, Midcap, hybrid and blue chip category. Since you are high risk taker, you can add Axis midcap and Parag Parikh flexicap fund indicated by you. I would suggest you to add a small cap fund like SBI smallcap or Axis smallcap fund
hi there,
got nice information from your article,but still looking for advice , m thinking of sip (10k monthly amount) tenure 10 years, kindly suggest any icici mutual fund.and is this right time to invest??
Regards,
Gaurav
Hello Gaurav, Based on your risk appetite, you can select the mutual funds from this article