{"id":1085,"date":"2024-04-22T09:50:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T09:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamawealth.com\/askguru\/?p=1085"},"modified":"2026-03-20T18:35:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:35:50","slug":"what-investment-advice-would-you-give-to-a-newly-recruited-bank-clerk-in-what-proportions-should-i-divide-my-total-investment-among-fd-rd-insurance-ppf-sip-or-any-other-options-from-what-amount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/22\/what-investment-advice-would-you-give-to-a-newly-recruited-bank-clerk-in-what-proportions-should-i-divide-my-total-investment-among-fd-rd-insurance-ppf-sip-or-any-other-options-from-what-amount\/","title":{"rendered":"What investment advice would you give to a newly recruited bank clerk? In what proportions should I divide my total investment among FD, RD, insurance, PPF, SIP or any other options? From what amount should I start and how to increase?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Broadly speaking, investment assets are of two types:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Equity related: This has direct equity, equity mutual funds and SIP in such funds<\/li>\n<li>Debt related (or Fixed Income): This covers FD, RD, PPF. Some insurance linked investment plans may also be considered here.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You must plan to invest as per your appetite for risk, investment horizon and arrive at an asset allocation. You can do a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jama.co.in\/app\/accounts\/signup\/?utm_source=quora&amp;utm_medium=ans&amp;next=%2Fapp%2Fias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free risk profile here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You must start investing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jama.co.in\/plan-for-mutual-funds-investment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as much as you can<\/a>&nbsp;save. For a new recruit, it could be anywhere between 20% to even 50%. Increase this by atleast 10% every year OR shift 50% of your annual incremental into the investment.<\/p>\n<p>The more you invest, the earlier you can meet your goals and achieve financial freedom!<\/p>\n<p><!-- mw-cta-block --><\/p>\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;\">Are FD Returns Beating Inflation After Tax?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 18px;color:#444;font-size:15px;line-height:1.65;\">A 7% FD rate drops to ~4.9% after 30% tax for high earners \u2014 barely above inflation. See how FD compares to goal-based investments over your horizon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/resources\/calculators\/sip\">Plan your SIP with our Calculator &rarr;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/resources\/calculators\/fd\" 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;\">FD Returns Calculator \u2192<\/a><br \/>\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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Broadly speaking, investment assets are of two types: Equity related: This has direct equity, equity mutual funds and SIP in such funds Debt related (or Fixed Income): This covers FD, RD, PPF. Some insurance linked investment plans may also be considered here. You must plan to invest as per your appetite for risk, investment horizon&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/22\/what-investment-advice-would-you-give-to-a-newly-recruited-bank-clerk-in-what-proportions-should-i-divide-my-total-investment-among-fd-rd-insurance-ppf-sip-or-any-other-options-from-what-amount\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What investment advice would you give to a newly recruited bank clerk? In what proportions should I divide my total investment among FD, RD, insurance, PPF, SIP or any other options? From what amount should I start and how to increase?<\/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":[129,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asset-allocation-financial-planning","category-financial-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085","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=1085"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4312,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085\/revisions\/4312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}