When paper gold is not enough

Simon Popple explains why demand for gold is proving resilient in India, and what that means for your investments.

I talk a lot about "strong demand for gold". It's a crucial part of my investment case for investing in miners. For example, I recently covered research from Sprott Asset Management which shows that gold demand is hugely understated by the official figures.

In an open letter to the World Gold Council, Sprott said, "demand statistics reported by the World Gold Council (WGC) consistently misrepresent reality, mostly with regard to demand from Asia".

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Simon is an expert in investing in gold and commodities which he shares for our MoneyWeek readers. He studied at the University of Surrey where he achieved a business degree and a marketing diploma. After taking his studies further and doing an MBA at Birmingham University, Simon was the first MBA student offered an internship in the U.S. Since then, Simon has been a part of the Senior Banker team at ABN Amro where he became the founding member of their Financial Sponsors team, and then joined Strutt and Parker Financial Services where he was appointed as Head of Investment Management. He also became a director at one of the world’s biggest private property companies, Topland. Simon Popple has written for MoneyWeek and Agora Financial.