Gold price, Feb. 13 -- Long-term investing data once again highlighted a key finding - Gold returns have outperformed Indian stock market index Nifty and other asset classes including fixed income, real estate in long as well as short term.

A comparison of returns across equities, gold, real estate and debt as of January 31, 2026 by FundsIndia's Wealth Conversations Report shows that while equities have consistently delivered solid wealth creation, gold has emerged as the top-performing asset over the longest periods.

Indian equities, measured by the Nifty 50 TRI, delivered compounded annualised returns of 12.6% over 20 years, translating into a 10.7x multiplication of invested money.

However, over 20 years, the yellow metal has delive...