{"id":938,"date":"2024-04-19T05:52:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T05:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamawealth.com\/askguru\/?p=938"},"modified":"2026-03-02T19:29:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:29:37","slug":"what-is-your-advice-for-a-person-who-decides-to-invest-in-a-small-cap-mutual-fund-for-the-next-15-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/19\/what-is-your-advice-for-a-person-who-decides-to-invest-in-a-small-cap-mutual-fund-for-the-next-15-years\/","title":{"rendered":"What is your advice for a person who decides to invest in a small cap mutual fund for the next 15 years?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Between 2010 and 2015, the small cap index has given near zero returns. So be careful what you wish for, and what you invest in. See the BSE Small cap index below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/qph.cf2.quoracdn.net\/main-qimg-c9673f50ff6aeca90c0c38b7e03e4f5c\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So staying invested for the long term does not necessarily mean a good thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having said that many small cap funds have given great 5 year returns. Hence you can have this fund class in your portfolio, provided it suits your risk profile. Ideally a bunch of large cap funds, mid cap funds and multicap funds will do the job for most people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Multicap funds have exposure to small cap stocks in any case. However if you wish to go for a small cap fund, do not go in with a mindset of rapid returns; stay invested and be smart; get out if there is turbulence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Small caps have high mortality risk. Chor promoters abound and if you are not careful (even the smart fund managers), then the returns will not be great.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jama.co.in\/app\/risk\/?utm_source=quora&amp;utm_medium=answer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free investment risk profile<\/a>&nbsp;here to understand if small caps suit you.<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- mw-cta-block -->\n\n<div class=\"mw-cta-block\" style=\"background:#EEF3FC;border-left:5px solid #1C52A0;padding:22px 26px 20px;margin:36px 0 24px;border-radius:0 10px 10px 0;\">\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 4px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;color:#276FC4;letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase;\">Maxiom Wealth \u2014 Free Tool<\/p>\n  <h3 style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-size:19px;font-weight:700;color:#113E81;line-height:1.3;\">Is Your Mutual Fund Working Hard Enough?<\/h3>\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 18px;color:#444;font-size:15px;line-height:1.65;\">Two funds with similar star ratings can deliver very different outcomes. Use our fund comparison tool to check if you&#8217;re in the right scheme for your risk profile and investment horizon.<\/p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/resources\/calculators\/better-funds-checker\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#1C52A0;color:#fff!important;padding:11px 22px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;margin:0 10px 8px 0;\">Compare Funds \u2192<\/a>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/meeting\" style=\"display:inline-block;border:2px solid #1C52A0;color:#1C52A0!important;padding:9px 22px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;margin-bottom:8px;\">Talk to a Financial Advisor<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between 2010 and 2015, the small cap index has given near zero returns. So be careful what you wish for, and what you invest in. See the BSE Small cap index below. So staying invested for the long term does not necessarily mean a good thing. Having said that many small cap funds have given&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/19\/what-is-your-advice-for-a-person-who-decides-to-invest-in-a-small-cap-mutual-fund-for-the-next-15-years\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is your advice for a person who decides to invest in a small cap mutual fund for the next 15 years?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[179,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fund-selection","category-mutual-funds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3750,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938\/revisions\/3750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}