Posts Tagged ‘Gold’

SBI Gold Exchange Traded Scheme (GETS)

April 15, 2009. Tags: , , , , , ,  •  No Comments

SBI Mutual Fund introduces SBI Gold Exchange Traded Scheme (SBI GETS) - an open ended Gold exchange traded fund - designed to track the performance and yield of underlying asset Gold. The units will be listed on a National Stock Exchange.

Why Gold?

Gold has significantly low correlation with other asset classes e.g. equities, fixed income and commodities. This low correlation provides an excellent opportunity for Effective portfolio diversification & Maintaining stability in the portfolio returns. Its 5 years track record shows its …

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Add Golden Shine to your portfolio this festive season

September 11, 2008. Tags: , , ,  •  No Comments

In the current economic scenario where inflation is threatening to get out of control, investors need to invest in asset classes, which have a positive correlation with inflation. Gold is one such asset which has historically done well during periods of high inflation. This is because during such times investors shift their holdings toward hard assets as the purchasing power of paper money starts dwindling.

An analysis of the price of gold during the high inflationary period of 1970’s in the …

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