Investments planning for Mr. Smith

His residential house and jewellery will not be considered as investment because they will not generate income. He needs to invest further to achieve a corpus of nearly 45 lakhs. His present savings are nearly rupees two lakh per annum and he is left with a cash of one lakh after meeting all the cash outflows. In totality, his present savings per annum are three lakhs. He will have additional savings that will become handy after the car loan is repaid (after two years). His savings will increase to Rs. 6 lakhs per annum after the repayment of loan. His housing loan will be met out of his income while he is earning as it matures at the end of nine years.

He can invest in a mix of equity and debt in such a manner that his exposure to equities is between 40% and 50% of the portfolio. He should consider safer avenues such as post office schemes that offer guaranteed returns than other avenues available.