Top Gold ETF vs Nifty 50 vs Top ETF: The sole purpose of any investment is to get the maximum return. For that return, we often diversify our portfolio with different investment types. It may be fixed return assets, stocks, mutual funds, bonds, gold, etc. Ideally, there should be the least interrelation between these investments so that all your investments do not perform poorly at one time. Diversification of a portfolio helps in the long run – be it in the share market, mutual funds including ETFs, or physical gold.

Like gold is considered the best against inflation, mutual funds offer mitigated risks compared to the share market, while ETFs track an index, asset, or commodity, representing the electronic form of the same thing.

As the gold price is increasing, Nifty 50 has been going through sharp fluctuations, and many ETFs have also been performing well in the 1-year period.

Let’s see how a Rs 1,00,000 one-time investment in top gold ETF, Nifty 50 options, and top ETF has performed. 

Top gold ETF

LIC MF Gold ETF

The top gold ETF in the last 1 year has given an annualised return (CAGR) of 30.34 per cent.

It has an asset base of Rs 263 crore, while its unit price as on March 27, 2025, was Rs 8,030.4454.

Benchmarked against the domestic price of gold, the LIC MF Gold ETF has given a 7.76 per cent annualised return since its inception in November 2011.

With an expense ratio of 0.41 per cent, the ETF has Rs 10,000 as the minimum lump sum investment. 

An Rs 1,00,000 one-time ETF in the gold ETF in the 1-year period has zoomed to Rs 1,30,340.

Top ETF

Mirae Asset Hang Seng TECH ETF

The top ETF has given a 71.04 per cent annualised return in 1 year.

Its AUM is Rs 403.95 crore, while its NAV as on March 27, 2025, was Rs 20.5599.

Benchmarked against the Hang Seng TECH Index TR INR, the ETF has an expense ratio of 0.57 per cent.

Launched in December 2021, the ETF has a volume of 22,29,698.

A one-time investment of Rs 1,00,000 in the No. 1 ETF has grown to Rs 1,71,040 in the 1-year time frame.

Nifty 50 returns in 1 year

The Nifty 50 index is one of the leading benchmarks in India. 

It represents India’s top 50 companies in terms of market capitalisation. 

One can invest in Nifty 50 through a Nifty 50 index mutual fund or Nifty 50 options. 

The index has given a 5.24 per cent return in the one-year period.

It means an investment of Rs 1,00,000 in the index has given just Rs 5,240 growth.