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Should you replace your gold ETFs with EGRs?
EGRs promise purity and flexibility, but the real question is: what do you give up?

What can go wrong with gold
Even after a stellar run, gold faces factors that could disrupt its rally.

SGBs & gold customs duty – was the Govt. unfair to investors?
Budget proposal to cut import duties on gold has drawn strong reactions. What should you make of it? Find out in this FAQ style article.

How much should you allocate to gold?
This article is Part 4 of our asset allocation series.

Podcast: Why is gold at a lifetime high? Should you buy now?
Episode 17 of the Prime Podcast. Understanding what is behind the current rally in gold prices and what you should do about it!

What’s firing up gold prices and what you can do about it
After lying low for a while, gold as an asset class has woken up from its long slumber in the last six months. International gold prices, which fell by 3.3% in 2021 and 0.3% in 2022, have gained 9% so far in 2023 (as of April 11) and are up by 20% in the last six months. In India, gold prices recently bounced off a lifetime high of over Rs 61,000/10 grams, having gained 18% in the last six months. This recent run has made investors sit up and take notice of sovereign gold bonds, gold ETFs and other vehicles to own gold. But should you jump on the bullion bandwagon now?

Do you really need silver ETFs in your portfolio?
These Silver ETFs intend to invest at least 95% of their assets in silver of 99.9% purity. They will benchmark themselves to the daily silver ‘fixing’ – a benchmark price published by the London Bullion Market Association, translated into Rupees.

Gold’s in a bear market – What to do now
A cocktail of factors – from the rollout of the Covid vaccine across the world, to optimism about economic recovery to a spiking of US bond yields – has had a dampening effect on gold, pushing it into an official bear market. (A bear market is roughly defined by a 20% decline in any asset from its peak).

Is it time to buy gold?
Is it time to buy gold? Does the recent correction in gold prices provide an opportunity to accumulate? Aarati Krishnan analyses.

Buffet’s buying gold mining stocks, should you?
The 62% return on domestic gold prices (and gold ETFs) since the end of 2018 has left many Indian investors who are invested in equity and debt mutual funds with a let-down feeling.

Prime Data Crunch – What can you expect from gold?
You’re hooked on gold. The 54% 1-year gold returns leaves equity in the dust. There is a new sovereign gold bond issue that’s open now.
