Gold Investment Calculator — Returns & Grams
Project a gold investment in value and grams — your CAGR assumption, future price per gram and the corpus it builds.
Formula
Disclaimer: Assumes constant rates — real returns vary year to year and markets can fall. Educational math only, not investment advice.
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About Gold Investment Calculator — Returns & Grams
Gold's return has exactly one source: the price per gram, because the metal pays no interest, dividend or rent. ₹1 lakh at ₹7,200/gram buys 13.89 grams; at a 9% CAGR the gram price reaches about ₹17,000 in ten years and the holding ₹2.37 lakh. The grams output matters as much as the rupees — for wedding and family purposes Indians plan in grams, and grams are what an SGB or a locker actually contains. Be honest about what the INR gold CAGR contains: a large slice is rupee depreciation against the dollar (gold is priced globally in USD) plus global inflation — the REAL return has historically been modest. That makes gold a respectable store of value and portfolio diversifier (it tends to rise exactly when equities panic) and a poor primary growth engine. The standard allocation advice — 5–10% of the portfolio — follows directly from that asymmetry. HOW you hold gold changes the result more than people expect. Physical jewellery loses 8–25% instantly to making charges and purity spreads; coins/bars lose ~2–6% to dealer spread and GST; gold ETFs and funds cost ~0.5–1%/yr in expenses; Sovereign Gold Bonds historically ADDED ~2.5% annual interest on top of the price — the only form where gold paid you to hold it. Run this calculator's CAGR against the form-specific haircut before choosing the vehicle.
How to use Gold Investment Calculator — Returns & Grams
- 1Enter Amount invested today, Current gold price per gram (24K), Expected gold CAGR (%), Holding period (years) into the Gold Investment Calculator.
- 2The result is computed automatically using Grams = amount ÷ price today ; future value = grams × price × (1 + CAGR)^years — gold pays no interest; price IS the entire return — there is no button to press; it updates live as you type.
- 3Change any input to model a different scenario, then use “Copy result link” to share the exact numbers.
Why use Gold Investment Calculator — Returns & Grams?
- ✓Computes gold investment calculator instantly with the correct formula — no spreadsheet needed
- ✓100% free and unlimited, with no sign-up, login or paywall
- ✓Runs entirely in your browser, so the figures you enter are never uploaded or stored
- ✓Shows the formula, a live worked example and references so you can defend the number
Frequently asked questions
Gold ka realistic CAGR kya maanoon?+
INR me lambi avadhi ka record 8–10% ke band me hai — par yaad rakhiye iska bada hissa rupee depreciation + inflation hai, asli (real) return 1–3% ke aas-paas. Decade-wise behad lumpy bhi hai: 2001–2011 me multibagger, 2012–2018 me lagbhag flat. 9% default rakh kar 6% aur 12% par bhi run kijiye — gold ki planning range me hoti hai, point-estimate me nahi.
Jewellery investment hai ya kharcha?+
Mostly kharcha jo value store karta hai. 15–20% making charge + 3% GST ka matlab hai pehle din ~20% loss — ₹1 lakh ki chain me sona ~₹80–82k ka hai. Bechte waqt bhi jeweller purity/wastage kaat'ta hai. Investment ke liye SGB (price + 2.5% interest, sovereign guarantee), gold ETF/fund ya coins; jewellery ko shringar maaniye jiska scrap-value floor hai — portfolio line-item nahi.
Gold portfolio me kitna hona chahiye?+
Mainstream salaah 5–10% hai. Logic: equity girte waqt gold aksar chadhta hai (crisis hedge), isliye thoda sa bhi portfolio ke worst saal ko kaafi smooth karta hai; par lambi avadhi me equity se peechhe rehta hai, isliye zyada rakhne par growth ghat'ti hai. Indian households me already bahut physical gold hota hai — naya allocation decide karne se pehle ghar ka sona bhi ginti me lijiye.
SGB, ETF ya physical — return me kitna farak padta hai?+
Same price move par bhi takeaway alag: SGB = price + 2.5%/yr interest, 8 saal par capital-gains tax bhi maaf (issue terms ke hisaab se) — sabse upar. ETF/fund = price − 0.5–1% expense, kabhi bhi liquid. Coins/bars = price − 2–6% spread − GST, locker ka kharcha alag. Physical jewellery sabse neeche. Is calculator ka CAGR 'pure price' hai; apne vehicle ka adjustment khud ghata lijiye.
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