Should you invest in gold?

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• Should you invest in gold?

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Investment in gold has never helped anyone
become wealthier since its prices seem to rise
only with the inflation in the economy and not
any higher.
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• Broadly there are four investment options that
  are used to construct a well-diversified
  investment portfolio.
• Fixed income or debt
• Real estate
• Equity
• Gold

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• Investment in gold has never helped anyone become
  wealthier since its prices seem to rise only with
  the inflation in the economy and not any higher.
• Broadly there are four investment options that
  are used to construct a well-diversified
  investment portfolio.

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• In the Indian context, gold assumes a greater
  importance due to social cultural reasons. Here
  gold is synonymous with status, wealth, security
  protection.
• In the Indian families, gold is often purchased
  on various occasions and festivals.

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• Gold is an unproductive asset. In the Indian
  families, gold is often purchased on various
  occasions and festivals.
• Its prices are highly determined by the supply of
  demand for
• Due to a limited supply, its prices tend to grow
  over the years with growth in demand.

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• Whether investment in gold results in long-term
  wealth creation?
• The answer is NO. Gold, so far, has never
  helped anyone get wealthier as its prices seem to
  rise only with inflation in the economy and not
  any higher.

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• Gold helps you protect the value of your savings
  not enhance it which has to be everyone's goal.
  
• Average inflation in the Indian economy in the
  post-independence era has been observed to be in
  the range of 8 to 10 pa the price of gold has
  also moved up at the same pace.

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• Majority of people across the world have created
  substantial wealth by carefully investing their
  savings in real estate and equity as opposed to
  the popular choice of gold.
• Gold has some unique qualities. It can be
  displayed physically worn that can bring joy
  and pride to some.

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• It is not that investment in gold should be
  avoided but not more than 10 of your total
  investment should be invested in gold or gold
  bonds or Gold ETF or gold mutual fund.
• For more support on this, visit the Commodity
  Trading in Chennai.