Let Your Diwali Shine With Gold

Diwali is regarded as one of the most auspicious days for purchasing gold. However, with so many options for investing in gold widely available, it adds to investors’ perplexity. In this article, Henil Shah explores the importance of having exposure to gold as well as multiple ways to invest in gold, and also reveals which is the wisest approach to invest in gold this Diwali

- Henil Shah

The love of gold in India extends back several centuries when kings honoured talent with gold coins as awards or exchanged them for goods. Even today, gold is more than simply another investment asset class, and India is one of the world’s major marketplaces for the yellow metal. Gold is said to be extremely fortunate. Most individuals buy gold because they believe it is a safe haven. Any important occasion – whether a wedding, the birth of a child or even festivals like Diwali – is incomplete without the gifting or purchasing of gold. In fact, throughout the festival season that ends with Diwali, people go out to acquire gold for a number of reasons.

The digital revolution that we are now experiencing has introduced a new type of investment to Indians, known as digital gold. Digital gold is quickly gaining popularity among investors. Simply defined, digital gold is an alternative to purchasing the genuine precious metal. In the next few paragraphs, we will go through all these aspects in further detail. This article will explain why it is vital to have gold in your portfolio, the numerous ways you can invest in gold, and which is the wise approach to do so. However, before we proceed, let us study how gold has performed as an asset class.

Performance of Gold

The graph Movement of Spot Gold Price depicts the trend of spot gold prices from April 1979 to October 7, 2022. As can be seen, the gold price has risen significantly, despite a number of pitfalls. For the same time span, gold’s compound annual growth rate (CAGR) was 11.4 per cent.