Monday, 26 September 2016

Performance of various asset classes in India (1996 to 2015)




POST TAX RETURNS (CAGR) OF ASSET CLASSES
5- YEAR10- YEAR15- YEAR20- YEAR
EQUITY11.017.013.612.0
GOLD9.012.911.08.4
BANK FD5.75.25.15.5
PROPERTY8.013.410.86.2
CAGR IN WPI6.25.95.75.5
AVG INFLATION7.46.35.95.7
(FIG IN %)
The above is from a  MORGAN STANLEY report that is more than a year old (report must be of 2015, this article was published in sept 2016). There are several lessons or takeaways for us:

  1. Equities are the best weapons to fight inflation and bank deposits are the worst;
  2. Property is good, provided we are lucky with our choice. The above return is an ‘average’;
  3. Gold is neither as good as it is touted to be nor as bad as it seems.
  4. A return that measures the ‘average’ of a group or a set of products hides the real story.

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