Gold and silver have historically been the most effective hedges towards inflation because of the rise in demand for essential metals when inflation is superior. Hedge against inflation: Gold might also function a hedge towards inflation because it’s carried out effectively throughout durations of excessive inflation up to now, notably the 1970s. But there’s no assure gold will increase alongside inflation over time. As with stocks, demand for digital gold as an funding has been on the rise this yr, in anticipation of costs shifting up additional. So, in 2019, whereas gold gave sturdy returns, total demand fell in India because prices continued to climb. In 2019, gold gave a 24 % return to buyers in India, primarily based on the Multi-Commodity Exchange of India Limited (MCX) gold futures prices, marking its highest returns since 2011. "The major issue that saw gold prices remaining elevated last year were issues over the US-China trade conflict, the rise of the dollar and weak global equities," says Naveen Mathur, director (commodities and currencies), Anand Rathi Securities. SafeGold’s daily transactions is worth ₹2.5 crore and about 6 to eight kg, says Mathur.

"We have seen a close to doubling of shoppers from a year ago and a 15 p.c leap in transactions since final December," says Gaurav Mathur, founder and managing director of SafeGold, which has about 10 million prospects in India.