Equity or Real Estate in India
It's been some time, so I decided to write a small blog post after this question came up during a discussion with a friend. Is Equity better than real estate in India, or is real estate the best? This has always been a contentious argument where people tend to side with one or the other. I am biased in favor of the Equity markets. Real estate in India is now quite mature, and unlike the earlier times when 'land' was selling at throwaway prices and some made multi-fold returns, However, even in some of those cases, the calculated CAGR would be 15-20% over a 20-30 year period which is terrific but quite comparable to the equity market indices. Fundamentally, land prices cannot have a return that is superior to businesses. If that were to happen, why would one actually want to set up any factory or farm as they would be better off profiting from owning the land itself? So what works for markets: 1.One can start with very little capital and work from home or literally fro