Equity beats gold, PPF, bank FD! Stocks delivered best returns over 40 years
In the last 40 years, equity has outperformed all other asset classes with the BSE Sensex giving a compounded annual growth rate of 13.71 per cent, much higher than gold, silver, public provident fund (PPF) and fixed deposits (FD)
There is much less exposure of the general public in stock markets compared to the other asset classes, though in the last few years, it has been growing through the mutual funds route. Source: Reuters