India, April 30 -- With gold prices near the one lakh mark, investing in gold is in the news. Since the markets are volatile, the case for gold as a safe haven is getting stronger. As a result, comparison between gold and other forms of investments like equities and real estate are being discussed. While the going is good for gold, it is not the time to get carried away and invest too much of your money in gold and ignore real estate this Akshaya Tritiya.

Let us go a little back and look at two profiles. Arjun Sharma from Bengaluru, invested Rs.10 lakh in gold in April 2015, purchasing approximately 3,846 grams when the price was Rs.26,000 per 10 grams. Over the next ten years, the price of gold surged, reaching Rs.99,080 per 10 grams by...