MUMBAI: Time has changed drastically and so is the preference of the investors. Earlier the investors used to think of equity market as the safest bet but with the changing times they have shifted their focus to other safer assets like gold and the real estate sector.
Over last few days gold prices have fallen almost 20%, which has definitely raised few eyebrows over its credibility. Moreover the falling gold prices have also raised many questions of real estate being a potential investment option (thought gold and real estate have no direct connection).
On a sad note there is no long term real estate index data in India that might help in a reliable conclusion to establish this sector as a prominent investment option in co-relation to gold.
But on other note experts believe that there is some sort of co-relation between gold prices and realty sector as people sell their property to invest in gold.
Although this cannot be used as a concrete conclusion like if you are willing to buy a house but could not do so due to high real estate prices, well much research has to be done on this theory too.
