A few people have asked me…’should I increase my SIP in gold’. Frankly for me the answer is ‘I do not know’. However I realise that many of them are sitting on small losses or a very poor return if they have invested in the last 10-12 months. The Rupee not long ago was 40 […]
If we are all so sure that there will be volatility in the world, we should all be buying gold, correct? Yes of course… So just go and buy it…why the delay? Well you may not have money to buy gold. Now a simple solution exists, leverage. After all we leverage to buy real […]
Disclaimer no. 1: I do not understand commodities. I do not understand technicals. Thus I am perhaps the worst person to be talking about Gold. Having said that, in the last few weeks I have been receiving a lot of emails, sms, etc. suggesting, arguing, cajoling me to buy gold. Not sure whether this is […]
Almost every body whom I meet asks me this question: “Should I buy gold?”. My answer is never straight (everybody around me says that!!). So I ask “Why?” The answer always is : “Because it is going up.” To me this answer is scary and completely stupid. If every body is buying an item because […]
Well frankly I do not know whether it is a good time to invest in gold or a great time to get out of gold. But let us look at the obvious reasons to buy or sell. Obvious reasons to buy: 1. The world is busy printing money so value of currencies will fall but […]
Gold: buy or sell? Most mothers (in India for sure, internationally, I do not know) are telling their sons and daughters – Gold is far better than the shares that you have. In the last 1 year it has given 32% return vs. -45% in your shares, so buy gold. To most common people this […]
Yesterday I had many reasons why you should buy and keep gold. Today I will start by giving some more reasons why you should have gold in your portfolio. There are equally compelling reasons for NOT having gold in your portfolio! Further reasons for HAVING GOLD IN YOUR PORTFOLIO: 1. Gold is gaining popularity: funnily, […]