'Investors' decisions should reflect their financial goals, risk tolerance, and the amount of gold already present in their portfolio.'
Invest with a 5 to 7 year horizon so that you are able to ride out price volatility and benefit from the long-term trends of demand and macroeconomic shifts.
Anamika Pareek answers five most frequently asked questions about investing in silver ETFs
Commodity investments can help you diversify your portfolio in asset classes other than equity and debt, says Dwaipayan Bose.
Gold prices will rise next year as the financial crisis pushes more investors into the precious metal safe haven, according to delegates polled on Tuesday during the London Bullion Market Association annual meeting in Kyoto.
In a first for India, bullion derivatives contracts will be settled on a blockchain platform. This will help in global acceptance of gold refined by Indian bullion refineries, giving a fillip to the local industry, exports, as well as investments. From November 1, the National Stock Exchange (NSE) will accept gold delivery only on the blockchain platform.
India's annual gold consumption is about 800-900 tonnes, of which about 750 tonnes is imported. However, in 3-5 years, domestic refineries would meet the whole demand, reports Rajesh Bayani.
Duty changes in the Budget make refining unviable.
Irrespective of the global movement, gold prices in India are nearing the level of Rs 34,000 per 10 grams in the physical markets.
Prices have remained lower this year.
Only three or four tonnes is estimated to have been mobilised under the scheme.
The customs duty from gold imports could be approximately Rs 8,000 crore, about less than half of what was collected a year ago.
Report says gold being exported by persons of Indian origin and routed through Dubai
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's decision to cut arbitrage may ensure that the standards of purity of the refined gold in the Indian market meet the global benchmark
Dealers anticipated a sharp rise in jewellery demand this wedding season, but then came demonetisation.
Mehta's export company is the largest integrated gold player in the world.
Conversion into jewellery during redemption would entail 15-20% wastage and making charges, rendering the scheme inefficient
For India to monetise gold, it is not the institutional depositor that policymakers must target but the average retail depositor.
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