{"id":1931,"date":"2024-04-25T09:22:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T09:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamawealth.com\/askguru\/?p=1931"},"modified":"2026-03-02T19:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:22:13","slug":"can-i-invest-in-mutual-funds-without-having-a-source-of-income-i-e-from-my-savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/25\/can-i-invest-in-mutual-funds-without-having-a-source-of-income-i-e-from-my-savings\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I invest in mutual funds without having a source of income, i.e. from my savings?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Of course, you can invest from your savings. Mutual fund laws require that the money come from your own bank account. This is to prevent money laundering, in other words the source of money in your bank has to be from savings, past income, gift, inheritance etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you invest, ensure you only do in Direct Plan 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. Use our fund comparison tool to check if you&#8217;re in the right scheme for your risk profile and investment horizon.<\/p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/resources\/calculators\/better-funds-checker\" 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;\">Compare Funds \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>Of course, you can invest from your savings. Mutual fund laws require that the money come from your own bank account. This is to prevent money laundering, in other words the source of money in your bank has to be from savings, past income, gift, inheritance etc. When you invest, ensure you only do in&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/25\/can-i-invest-in-mutual-funds-without-having-a-source-of-income-i-e-from-my-savings\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Can I invest in mutual funds without having a source of income, i.e. from my savings?<\/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":[38,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mutual-funds","category-mutual-funds-book"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931","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=1931"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3267,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1931\/revisions\/3267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}