Akshaya Tritiya 2024: Gold ETFs, Sovereign Gold Bonds, physical gold, or gold stocks. What should be your pick this year?

Akshaya Tritiya 2024: Gold ETFs, Sovereign Gold Bonds, physical gold, or gold stocks. What should be your pick this year?

Today is Akshaya Tritiya or Akha Teej, which is one of the many auspicious days for buying valuable assets, such as gold, diamonds, vehicles, and others. The festival, just like Dhanteras during Diwali, is said to bring in good luck, success and prosperity if investments are made in certain assets. Buying gold on Akshaya Tritiya … Read more

Investing in gold bonds, ETFs or assets? Here’s how you will be taxed in FY25

Investing in gold bonds, ETFs or assets? Here’s how you will be taxed in FY25

There is no doubt that investment in gold has never faded away despite the good performance of other asset classes. Since February, gold has demonstrated a remarkable yield of approximately 17 per cent. Correspondingly, the commodity’s value has reached unprecedented levels daily in both domestic and global markets, despite an ascent in US Treasury yields. … Read more

Sovereign gold bond third tranche issue opens today: Should you subscribe?

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NEW DELHI: The third tranche of the sovereign gold bond (SGB) scheme 2021-22 opened for subscription on Monday. This issue comes soon after the first and second tranche, but is priced slightly higher than both. Prospective bidders, who intend to subscribe to the scheme, can bid for a minimum of 1 gm of gold at … Read more

Physical gold in India swings to discount as pandemic stalls demand

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Physical gold in India was sold at a discount this week for the first time in 2021 as a spike in coronavirus cases prompted strict restrictions and kept buyers away. Several Indian states have run out of coronavirus vaccines as new infections surged to another daily record. “Almost every state government has put some kind … Read more