{"id":1851,"date":"2024-04-25T06:52:24","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T06:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamawealth.com\/askguru\/?p=1851"},"modified":"2026-03-20T18:30:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:30:56","slug":"what-are-some-good-investment-schemes-apart-from-ppf-and-mutual-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/25\/what-are-some-good-investment-schemes-apart-from-ppf-and-mutual-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"What are some good investment schemes apart from PPF and mutual funds?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two schemes are good options for you. PPF<\/a> and mutual funds fit into two classes of investments – fixed income and equity respectively. Besides these you can consider:<\/p>\n

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  1. Sovereign Gold Bonds<\/strong> to make up 5% to 10% of your portfolio. I invest in these myself as a hedge against inflation and any volatility in global markets. They provide some interest income, as well as liquidity and low investment costs.<\/li>\n
  2. In fixed income, Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana is good, offering the highest return (higher than PPF) and tax exemption at redemption.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Two schemes are good options for you. PPF and mutual funds fit into two classes of investments – fixed income and equity respectively. Besides these you can consider: Sovereign Gold Bonds to make up 5% to 10% of your portfolio. I invest in these myself as a hedge against inflation and any volatility in global markets.… Read More »What are some good investment schemes apart from PPF and mutual funds?<\/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":[131,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asset-allocation-investments","category-investments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851","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=1851"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4292,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851\/revisions\/4292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}