Gold is in the Mood…

Investments other than Equity Markets could be in Life Insurance Traditional Plans, Debt Plans and also into the commodity items could save your portfolio in the bad times. Diversification is the best medicine that is necessary and the necessity for a investor who seeks to have good and better returns during the life time of the portfolio. But this medicine is normally ignored by the aggressive investors which looks with a return perspective and make the comparison with direct equity.

India is the country of the tradition and Precious metal like Gold is consider to shape the tradition by wearing jeweler and this is the reason most of the community who save the Gold is in the form of Jewells. This is the reason most of this community either are not aware or have not conviction to buy paper gold which comes with no risk of theft.

But Why Gold?

The main reason to Buy Gold is like to hedge against Inflation and safe guard against economic, political, social or currency based crises.

Diversification in the portfolio and more over it would be better than any other Financial Market could be equity or real estate. As in Gold Demand & Supply conditions depend on the world markets jointly.

One could say investment into gold could be the safest ones and that could serve in the bad times or crises like break down in public order, war, economy, lessening the value of currency.

Gold is considered as an Insurance against your rest of the investments.

How to Buy Gold?

These days buying gold is not a difficult job, there are several ways to buy them keep it with you. It could be in the form of:

1. Jewellery, which needs a safe to protect it.
2. Gold Biscuits either from Banks or from your Known Jeweler Shop
3. Few listed stocks in NSE Exchange
4. Mutual Funds Schemes.

We have a opportunity for the investors who plans to invest into commodity stock Gold, this opportunity is currently open with SBI Mutual Funds, with their latest NFO as SBI Gold Exchange Traded Fund. This Fund will have ideal exposure in gold maximum till 90% and rest would be in the Debt & Money Market instruments. So buying a commodity would not be a big deal, investment can just begun with Rs. 5000/-.

Few Advantages to Buy Paper Gold

1. Diversification
2. Easiest & Fastest Way to invest
3. Highest Liquidity
4. No Risk of Theft
5. Beating Inflation
6. Softest and Hedging against many other factors.

Abstract of the Scheme:

Name & Cheque in Favor of: SBI Gold Exchange Traded Scheme (GETS)
Option Available: Growth
NFO Unit Price: Rs. 100/- per Unit
Benchmark: Price of the gold.
Investment into: 090% – 100% Gold & Gold bullion – Medium to High Risk, 000% – 010% Debt & Money Market Instruments – Low Risk
Enter Load: 2.50 % till Rs. 25 Lakhs, 1.50% for application size of Rs 25 Lakhs to Rs 50 Lakhs and 1% for application amount of Rs 50 Lakhs to Rs 1 Crore. For application amount above Rs 1 Crore, there will be no entry load.
Exit Load: Nil
NFO Opening Date: March 30, 2009
NFO Closing Date: April 28, 2009

We look forward for your queries & application at Sufin. Interested investors can reach us by emailing us on invest@sufin.com or by calling us on 0 93280 86699.

Sumit Jain
Money Grows with Sufin