How gold investments have changed in the past 30 years

Investment 23 Nov 2018

Investments in 1980s and 90s were limited to Gold bars and coins along with jewellery. Today, ETFs are a new investment option while the growth of fintech has enabled gold trading. Read more.

Gold as an investment - Consumer choices & shifts

Gold Glossary

Sovereign Gold Bond

Sovereign Gold Bonds are issued by the Reserve Bank of India on behalf of the Government of India. As investors get returns that are linked to gold price, the scheme offers the same benefits as physical gold. They can be used as collateral for loans and can be sold or traded on stock exchanges.

Gold Estimator

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Gold

Grams

of gold today

If all of the existing gold in the world was pulled into a 5 micron thick wire, it could wrap around the world 11.2 million times.

Did you know

If all of the existing gold in the world was pulled into a 5 micron thick wire, it could wrap around the world 11.2 million times.

Gold Glossary

Sovereign Gold Bond

Sovereign Gold Bonds are issued by the Reserve Bank of India on behalf of the Government of India. As investors get returns that are linked to gold price, the scheme offers the same benefits as physical gold. They can be used as collateral for loans and can be sold or traded on stock exchanges.

Gold Estimator

Enter an amount to find out its value in gold

Gold Estimator

You could own

Gold

Grams

of gold today

Gold has the ability to be hammered into sheets so thin that a pile of them an inch high can contain as many as 200,000 separate sheets.

Did you know

Gold has the ability to be hammered into sheets so thin that a pile of them an inch high can contain as many as 200,000 separate sheets.