Comments on: Gold ETF – India http://www.etfgold.net/gold-etf-india/ Learn all about investing in gold ETF funds. Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:06:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://www.etfgold.net/gold-etf-india/#comment-10 Anonymous Mon, 03 May 2010 21:26:46 +0000 http://www.etfgold.net/?p=10#comment-10 Most gold ETF's including those in India claim to be backed by physical gold but what really matters in the end is for what purpose are you buying a gold ETF? If it's to profit from the price of gold in the short to medium term then great but if you're buying one as a security against government mismanagement and fiat currencies then there really is no substitute for owning physical gold. The same goes for a silver ETF or any other precious metal ETF. As for the reason for the typically higher management expense ratios on Indian Gold ETFs, there isn't really a good answer for this except for lack of competitiveness in the current Indian gold ETF market which is why, given a choice, most investors will go for a GLD over an Indian alternative. Most gold ETF’s including those in India claim to be backed by physical gold but what really matters in the end is for what purpose are you buying a gold ETF? If it’s to profit from the price of gold in the short to medium term then great but if you’re buying one as a security against government mismanagement and fiat currencies then there really is no substitute for owning physical gold. The same goes for a silver ETF or any other precious metal ETF.

As for the reason for the typically higher management expense ratios on Indian Gold ETFs, there isn’t really a good answer for this except for lack of competitiveness in the current Indian gold ETF market which is why, given a choice, most investors will go for a GLD over an Indian alternative.

]]> By: Arun Singla http://www.etfgold.net/gold-etf-india/#comment-9 Arun Singla Sun, 02 May 2010 04:00:22 +0000 http://www.etfgold.net/?p=10#comment-9 Are the Indian Gold ETF's fully backed by physical gold? How about the silver ETF's? Since these are ETF's what is the reason for expense ratio's of upto 2.5%? Are the Indian Gold ETF’s fully backed by physical gold? How about the silver ETF’s? Since these are ETF’s what is the reason for expense ratio’s of upto 2.5%?

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