Gold Investment

Gold prices have tumbled from recent records. What's behind the losses?

Prices are still up since the start of 2025. Gold sales often rise sharply amid wider economic uncertainty, as anxious investors seek a 'safe haven' for their money

Should you buy gold this Diwali or wait for prices to cool?

Festive demand is peaking but timing your gold purchase can make a big difference to your wallet

Gold blows past $4,000. Time to dial down optimism?

In each bull market, gold trades at or above its long-term theoretical price. Currently, gold is trading at $3,868, which is over the modelled theoretical price

Investing in gold without breaking the bank: A smart saver’s guide

Alternatives like ETFs, government bonds, and internet gold allow you to buy gold without breaking the bank on bars or jewellery.

With gold-silver gap at 87 vs historic 67, is silver the better bet?

Over the past 30 years, the median of gold to silver ratio has been around 67. The current gap of 87 suggests that silver could be undervalued relative to gold

Dream11 parent forays into wealth tech after gaming ban, pilots new FD and gold investment app

Dream Money enables people to buy gold or set up a SIP on a daily or monthly basis, starting from Rs 10. It also offers fixed deposit investments from Rs 1,000.

Gold gains on weak dollar, geopolitical turmoil; Fed, Trump's 2025 policies in focus

Bullion has risen 27% this year and is on track for its best performance since 2010, driven by major Fed cuts and heightened geopolitical uncertainties.

Wealthy investors tend to park only about 10% of their portfolio in gold to act as a hedge: Report

Further, on the ESG front, the report said that 68 percent of survey respondent consider ESG as critical.

Jio Financial Services launches SmartGold on Dhanteras for investment in digital gold

SmartGold offers a completely digital process for purchasing gold, with options to redeem investments for cash, gold coins, or jewelry. Customers can buy gold in flexible denominations, either in rupees or grams, and can order physical gold coins for home delivery.

Dhanteras 2024: Looking to buy gold coins? Here are smarter ways to invest

Buying gold coins from banks may not be a prudent decision because of inflated prices. The RBI rule stipulates that banks cannot buy back gold coins purchased from them. Instead, investors can consider buying alternative gold instruments such as gold ETFs, digital gold and sovereign gold bonds, investment advisors say.

Why timeless gold is timely now as a safe haven asset?

Gold price: Historically, when the US Federal Reserve has cut interest rates, it has often been followed by declines in the stock markets. If history repeats itself, with Fed pivoting now, it will prove beneficial to have gold in one’s portfolio to protect from the potential downturn in equities. Besides, central banks around the world have been buying gold too.

Gold ETFs see surge in inflows in September quarter, more than 10x YoY growth: ICRA

According to AMFI data, gold ETFs witnessed net inflows to the tune of around Rs 1,660 crore

Watch out for financial changes this November amid gold buying for Dhanteras and navigating festive offers

The month will see BSE raising derivatives transaction fees and banks will wind up special high-rate FD schemes while the reward multiplier scheme will end for Amex cardholders.

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Akshaya Tritiya 2022: How Gold ETFs became retail investors' favorite in last two years

Gold ETFs track the domestic price of gold closely. They are traded on the NSE and BSE just like equity shares are. Investors can buy and sell them at any time during the market hours, using their demat account

Gold prices edge higher amid gloomy Akshaya Tritiya sales

The pandemic has now adversely affected gold jewellery sales during Akshaya Tritiya for two consecutive years.

Business Insight | Looking to buy gold ahead of Dhanteras? Here's how to invest

In India, buying gold is considered auspicious during Dhanteras and Diwali and gold prices have appreciated by a whopping 32 percent since the festival season in 2019. Here's how investors should plan to buy gold this year.

As India ‘unlocks’, time lenders take serious look at potential of household gold

The stockpile of gold in India could be successfully monetised to benefit lenders, borrowers and the economy at large, but a calibrated approach to increasing exposure is required.

NSE Invest O Cast episode 18: Investing in gold? Here are some dos and don'ts

In this episode we are going to look at gold, why should we invest in it, how should we invest in it, and what should we not do while investing it in?

Comprehensive policy in the works to increase gold's glitter as an asset class

NITI Aayog member Ratan Watal had in February submitted a report titled ‘Transforming India’s gold market’ comprising 84 recommendations to the government

Govt's gold schemes fail to attract people: IGPC IIMA study

The study was conducted by researchers of Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) and funded by India Gold Policy Centre (IGPC) of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A).

FinWiz:Experts advise Bhushan Steel employees on gold investment

NSE Finwiz visits the young employees of Bhushan Steel where Pankaj Mathpal, CFP & MD at Optima Money Manager Pvt Ltd and Ankur Kapur, Investment Director at Ankur Kapur Advisory gave their expert advice to the employees on investment and financial planning. The core topic of the discussion was gold investment.