{"id":1494,"date":"2024-04-23T11:08:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T11:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamawealth.com\/askguru\/?p=1494"},"modified":"2026-03-02T19:25:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:25:27","slug":"how-should-i-proceed-i-want-to-invest-in-securities-or-mutual-funds-and-i-havent-invested-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/23\/how-should-i-proceed-i-want-to-invest-in-securities-or-mutual-funds-and-i-havent-invested-before\/","title":{"rendered":"How should I proceed? I want to invest in securities or mutual funds and I haven&#8217;t invested before."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It is very easy to get started with mutual funds in a completely paperless manner. Go for an app or online website like<a href=\"https:\/\/jama.co.in\/?utm_source=quora&amp;utm_medium=ans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Jama.co.in<\/a>&nbsp;to get started.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a beginner, it is better to start with mutual funds rather than direct equity. You get the benefit of diversifying your investment across various stocks and stock categories. You get the services of a professional fund manager at a nominal cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you invest, ensure you only do in Direct Plan variants of the Mutual Funds. You then get upto 40% more in long term portfolio size by avoiding commissions and brokers.<\/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. 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You get the benefit of diversifying your investment across various stocks and stock categories. You&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/23\/how-should-i-proceed-i-want-to-invest-in-securities-or-mutual-funds-and-i-havent-invested-before\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How should I proceed? I want to invest in securities or mutual funds and I haven&#8217;t invested before.<\/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":[199,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-investing-for-beginners-investments","category-investments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494","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=1494"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3481,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1494\/revisions\/3481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}