while equities have fallen for the past three years, the UK gilt sector has returned 22.3% and should do well in 2003 despite falling yields
With the UK equity market down three years in a row, investors looking for steady returns could well consider the pros of investing in the UK Gilt sector. Compared to the UK All Companies sector, which over three years to end of January 2003 has fallen 37.18% bid to bid, the UK Gilt sector has returned positive growth of 22.3%, an outperformance of 59.48%. Over 12 months to the end of January the sector has outperformed the UK All Companies by 36.18 percentage points, with gilts producing a positive return of 8.02% and UK All Companies falling 28.16%, bid to bid. The gilts sector als...
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