New Delhi, July 14 -- A simple formula based on your age can help determine how much gold you should hold in your portfolio.

According to Alok Jain, SEBI-registered Investment Advisor and Founder of Weekend Investing, a simple thumb rule is to divide your age by two to arrive at the percentage of your portfolio that should be invested in gold.

The idea was shared by Sanjay Kathuria on X, along with a clip from an episode of the Sanjay Kathuria Podcast featuring Alok Jain.

Kathuria wrote, "How much % of gold should be in your portfolio? Take your age, divide it by 2. That's your percentage."

"If you are 42 years old? 21% of your portfolio should be gold," he wrote.

This rule means a 30-year-old investor should have 15% of his portfoli...