Gold – Glitter to Investments

There is considerable action in the other non-financial fund category, namely, gold. There are two kinds of gold-related funds in India. One is the so-called gold ETFs, which act as proxies for holding gold in physical form. Fund companies that run gold ETFs invest all of the investors’ money in gold. Thus, the money invested [...]

Why Buy Gold Now?

I think the biggest reason to own physical gold is because you never know whats going to happen. Think of it as an insurance policy. Gold has always held value throughout the history of mankind and you can probably safely bet it will during your lifetime too. You cannot say the same for the dollar. [...]

ETF Trading and Your Tax Planning

The tax efficiency benefit of ETFs (exchange-traded funds) quite often goes unnoticed when considering the other advantages like flexibility, low operating cost, and transparency. Looking towards the end of the year, we need to take stock of how an investor can reduce their tax liability by changing some of their portfolio instruments to ETFs. We [...]

Investment newsletters are now featuring headlines like “How You Can Profit from the Global Food Crisis.” The recommended investments include agribusiness stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that speculate in agricultural commodities. These investments will no doubt do very well in the global food crisis; but before you put your money down, you may want to [...]

  

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