The Best Investments of 2012 - India Real Time - WSJ

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Financial advisers recommend dividing your investments among various asset classes, 

including stock mutual funds, bond mutual funds, and a portion in gold.

And the best investment of the year was…stocks!

With the benchmark 30-share Sensex up nearly 26% this year, equities have beaten most other asset classes, including local favorites gold and real estate.

In this column, we look at how five major investments performed in 2012. We ignored the impact of taxes, which are different for various investments, and can significantly alter final returns.

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