Which Investment is better??

Avoid Gold or Silver. They both are good for short term investment...only. For long term, Equities is the BEST. Nothing can beat equity return, not even Real Estate. The best way to get better returns from Gold is to go for a Sip, not in gold ETFs, but in Gold Savings Fund of Reliance or Kotak.

Hi Gaurav, I would suggest you to go in for the systematic investment in the GOLD ETF. You can buy it from the NSE exchange. There are many options available for the same. You will have the most valuable commodity of all times and that too protecting you from the fluctuations of the recent times. Gold accumulated at current levels may be little costlier as all commodities are showing their topping level in the technical charts. It will be better if you start investing now and that too slowly so that you may get the benefit of the gold investment but SIP (systematic investment plan) will make sure that over a period of time your cost is averaged out and you can expect a better return on your investment. Happy investing.

Silver seems to doing wonderfully well, beating gold in terms of returns for quite some time now. If I had a million dollars, I would go for a more balanced asset allocation, rather than banking on just one asset class. But if you are already diversified and has this 1 million just to choose between silver and gold, I would go for silver.

Hi Gaurav, silver has proven as better than gold in term of investment value. In term of percentage in return, silver is definitely better. However, you have to consider the matter of buying silver bars from recognized sources. If you need to pay for shipping, and taxes for owning silver bars from overseas, it may not worth your time. i heard that you can buy gold directly from the banks in India. I doubt banks sell silver.

Welcome to mylot In my opinion you should invest in gold, the price is sky rocketing, buy sell after long gap.. Thanks for this discussion Cheers. God bless you, have a nice day ahead. Professor ‘Bhuwan’. .

As long as there is high inflation, economic uncertainty these two precious metals will surge ahead. especially Gold. gold has been always considered a safe haven for locking you value when the currency is losing its sheen. if one looks at USD against other currencies, there is no need to analyze any further. now which one is better? both metals have been hitting the higher end on most of the days. gold or silver, if you do not understand its ways then there will be trouble.

Not sure if I should answer this one or if you have already invested that money but I say silver! I just made my first investment on silver and I plan on investing much more. If you would have invested on silver a year ago you would have almost doubled your money by now.