Step 1 : What percentage of your monthly income (after paying home loan EMIs and credit card bills) do you save and invest for the long term.
Step 2 : What is your attitude towards savings?
Step 3 : Have you invested in equity mutual funds before? If yes, for how many years?
Step 4 : To get above average (more than FD) returns you have to take risks
Step 5 : How will you describe your attitude towards investing
Step 6 : If your equity investment makes 20% losses next year will you:
Step 7 : Are you interested in market and investing?
Step 8 : How do you approach making financial or investment decisions
Step 9 : How secure do you feel about your salary /business income continuing for next 10 years?
Step 10 : How much of your investment portfolio you may have to withdraw in the next five years?
Step 11 : When is the earliest you anticipate needing all or a substantial portion of your investments?