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DIVERSIFICATION OF RISK CAN'T BE COMPROMISED
The New Indian Express Bengaluru
|January 05, 2026
OLD had an unprecedented run over the past decade.
(MANDAR PARDIKAR)
It has outperformed all other asset classes and has skewed every theory of market risk diversification. Indian households, with an estimated holding of over 34,000 tonne of gold, are probably the best fund managers in the world. Over the past 20 years, gold has rallied 10 times in value, while the BSE Sensex has risen 9 times, outperforming every other asset class. Over the past 30 years, gold and Sensex have mirrored returns.Tt is natural that you may want to question the success of other asset classes and believe that gold is the bulwark of your financial future.
This story is from the January 05, 2026 edition of The New Indian Express Bengaluru.
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