Monday 21 February 2011

What are Gold ETFs



What is a Gold ETF?
This term appears nascent to a lot of retail investors. But has performed really well in a lot of portfolios over the years. Just to give to better perpective Gold has given a CAGR return of 17% in the last 10 years aotperforming 
  • Fixed Deposits
  • Debt Funds
  • Balanced Mutual Funds
  • Volatile stocks
and is considered as a safe heaven as a investment option. It is often termed as a hedge against inflation.

How to buy a Gold ETF

Just like you buy a share from the Stock MARKET, you can buy gold from the stock exchange. ETF means Exchange Traded Funds. Gold is considered to be part of a every Portfolio that may be 15-20% depending upon the risk apetite of a investor.


GOLD ETFs in India

(1) Gold BeES ETF(Benchmark)
(2) UTI Gold ETF
(3) Kotak Gold ETF
(4) Reliance Gold ETF
(5) Quantum Gold ETF
(6) SBI Gold ETF
(7) Religare Gold ETF
(8) HDFC Gold ETF
(9) ICICI Prudential Gold ETF

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