The Cost of Waiting: Why Starting Your SIP Early Changes Everything Financial Planning · lalitdiaries.in The Cost of Waiting: Why a 20-Year Delay Multiplies Your SIP by 13x A simple table tells a powerful story — the same ₹10 crore goal costs 13 times more per month if you start at 45 instead of 25. Here's what the numbers actually mean, and what they don't tell you. Most people know, in a vague way, that "starting early" helps with investing. Fewer people have actually seen the number attached to that advice. A recent newspaper table did exactly that — laying out, age by age, exactly how much of a monthly SIP (Systematic Investment Plan) is needed to build a ₹10 crore corpus by age 60. The gap between starting at 25 and starting at 45 isn't small. It's not even linear. It compounds — literally. Table 1 — What It Takes to Build ₹10 Crore by Age 60 Assumptions: 12% estimated annual return, monthly investment, target rea...
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