{"id":1054,"date":"2024-04-22T09:34:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T09:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamawealth.com\/askguru\/?p=1054"},"modified":"2026-03-02T19:28:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:28:38","slug":"how-does-gold-bond-work-how-can-you-compare-the-benefits-with-mutual-funds-and-ppf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/22\/how-does-gold-bond-work-how-can-you-compare-the-benefits-with-mutual-funds-and-ppf\/","title":{"rendered":"How does Gold Bond work? How can you compare the benefits with mutual funds and PPF?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gold Bonds are great for investing in gold without the hassle of managing physical custody or losing wastage and making charges. You also get a small interest payout with <a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/resources\/calculators\/gold-investment\">Sovereign Gold Bonds<\/a>. Gold is a good hedge in uncertain times and high inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Compared to PPF, they give much lower interest. The interest paid is taxable but upon redemption the proceeds are not taxable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Equity Mutual Funds are volatile in the short term but in the long run have outperformed PPF and Gold. You pay a small 10% tax on long term capital gains (after the first one lakh gain) and the returns are higher in the long run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fundamentally, you should have a mix of all these three assets in a well constructed portfolio:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Debt in classes like PPF, Liquid Funds to provide liquidity and a cushion against volatility.<\/li><li>Gold as a hedge against inflation.<\/li><li>Equity Mutual Funds for long term growth.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The composition will vary based on your life cycle stage and risk profile. You an take a free risk profile&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jama.co.in\/app\/risk\/?utm_source=quora&amp;utm_medium=answer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here&nbsp;<\/a>to find out.<\/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;\">Gold in Your Portfolio \u2014 How Much Is the Right Amount?<\/h3>\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 18px;color:#444;font-size:15px;line-height:1.65;\">Gold is a hedge, not a wealth creator. Model your gold investment returns and see how a 5\u201315% allocation compares to equity over your investment horizon.<\/p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/resources\/calculators\/gold-investment\" 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;\">Gold Investment Calculator \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>Gold Bonds are great for investing in gold without the hassle of managing physical custody or losing wastage and making charges. You also get a small interest payout with Sovereign Gold Bonds. Gold is a good hedge in uncertain times and high inflation. Compared to PPF, they give much lower interest. The interest paid is&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/22\/how-does-gold-bond-work-how-can-you-compare-the-benefits-with-mutual-funds-and-ppf\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How does Gold Bond work? How can you compare the benefits with mutual funds and PPF?<\/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":[15,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gold","category-gold-vs-mf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054","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=1054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3693,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1054\/revisions\/3693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}