Gold as an investment is respected throughout the world for its value and rich history. The reasons people tend to make a gold investment are also different, it can be viewed as an asset which helps creating wealth as well as used to control and hedge financial market risks and rising inflation. Being one of the most preferred asset class in India, investment in digital gold is considered to be one of the best performing asset and provide good returns in coming future.
Safety, liquidity, and returns are the three criteria most risk-averse investors look for before investing. While gold meets the first two criteria without any hiccups, it doesn’t perform poorly at the last one either. Here is why you should invest in gold:
a. Investing in gold is worthwhile because it is an inflation-beating investment. Over time, the return on gold investment has been in line with the rate of inflation.
b. Gold has an inverse relation with equity investments. For example, if the equity markets start going down, gold would perform well. Considering gold as an investment option in your investment portfolio will be a buffer to the overall volatility of your portfolio.
The ‘golden question’ here is – how does one invest in gold? Traditionally, it was by buying physical gold in the form of coins, bullions, artefacts, or jewellery. However, there are newer forms of gold investments nowadays, such as gold ETFs (exchange-traded funds) and gold mutual funds.
Gold ETFs are similar to buying an equivalent sum of physical gold but without the hassles of having to store the physical gold. Hence, there is no risk of theft/burglary as the gold is stored in Demat (paper) form. Gold funds involve investing in gold mining companies.
By investing in gold funds, you invest in stocks of companies operating in gold and gold-related activities. Gold mutual funds include silver, platinum, and other metals in their investment basket. A mutual fund manager on behalf of an asset management company manages the gold fund, unlike gold ETFs. They make use of the fundamental trading analysis to buy and sell stocks to maximise returns for investors. Returns from gold funds depend on market conditions to an extent. Gold mutual funds eliminate the risk of returns considerably by distributing investments over a wide range of investment options. In other words, mutual funds work on the principle of diversifying, i.e. not putting all eggs in one basket. Investors need to weigh their risk appetite and goals before choosing such a mutual fund.
You may invest in Gold ETFs or gold funds either online or offline directly with a mutual fund distributor. You can also invest in these funds with the help of a mutual fund distributor.
However, you may consider investing in gold funds or Gold ETFs through the SIP route. You may invest just Rs 500 per instalment. You can invest in Gold ETFs and gold funds through online platforms such as cleartax invest.
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