While the stock markets were in their stable and glamorous period, people cared gold very less .The situation has just reversed now. The interest in gold is in its glittering peak. The global recession as well as  the inflation made the investment opportunities in gold much higher. Today gold has become the most trusted investment.

The decrease in the dollar value helped the gold a lot to achieve its current status. As the global recession ends, people are willing to make investments in risky fields. The current financial environments in many countries favor the investment in gold.

The value of gold is increasing daily as many countries are buying gold in bulk. Much more countries are having the plan to buy gold for the reserve. By the end of this October India has brought 200 tones. India also still plans to buy more. Srilanka,Russia and China too have done similar gold reserves. This all lead to the current glamorous state of gold. Most countries are in similar path .Not only the country reserves but also the banks are now much interested in investing in gold.

The price for a commodity is always decided by its availability and demand. The demand for gold steadily increases because of the financial instabilities. There are various other reasons also. As various governments are striving hard to overcome the recession, the availability for money will increase automatically. This situation reduces the value of paper currency and as a result the inflation rate can go high. Gold is always the trusted investment at the time of money inflation. Gold is always stable while considered as long term investment.

The fluctuations are not there much in gold rate. The Gold value does not depend on the rate of any other stock. The risk factor decrease while including gold in investment. The return also becomes stable. The average return rate of gold for last 9 years is 16-17% per year. From this itself it is clear that gold is the most trusted investment against inflation. Today’s high gold rate is mainly boosted by the diminishing value of dollar. In 2009 the growth rate of gold is more than 37%.Predictions states that this can continue for long.

Years back gold was very different type of investment when compared with shares and mutual funds. Investment in gold was not so easy at that time. The only available options are either ornaments or coins. The situation changed with the arrival of Exchange Trade Funds and futures. They made the investment in gold as easy as shares. In gold ETF there is no risk of keeping the gold and the purity is 100% assured. This also makes the value comparison with other assets easy.