New Delhi, Feb. 13 -- Amid an ongoing debate about Indian market valuations, Whiteoak Capital AMC has advised investors to focus on staying invested for the long term rather than worrying about whether their Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) starts at the peak or trough of a market cycle. According to the asset manager, attempting to time the market is far less important than maintaining investment discipline.

Whiteoak Capital AMC provided an example to illustrate why long-term investing outweighs market timing.

If an investor had started a monthly SIP of Rs.10,000 in the BSE Sensex TRI in January 2008-considered the peak of that market cycle-they would have invested Rs.20.4 lakh by December 31, 2024. The current value of this investment...