Many companies responded by closing their DB schemes and moving to de-risk their pension schemes to avoid swings in reported shortfalls. This meant selling down equities and buying gilts — not the best idea, it transpired. Successful investment is about managing risk, not eliminating it. Without...
Well I wish I had known more about asset allocation 12 years ago, but I didn’t and I didn’t allocate any of my portfolio to gilts. Just equities and cash. Now I can see the important role gilts play after reading Tim Hale and Bernstein, but I still can’t bring myself to inve...
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The only thing that stops the £ from returning to source is when we the public save some of our income as cash ( The government budget deficit ) or in Gilts, gilt edge savings certificates ( The national debt ). Hard working Households want to save, Hard working businesses want to sav...
The yields on longer dated gilts initially fell (prices rose) following the announcement, halting the sell-off seen in recent weeks. This sell-off has driven fixed-mortgage rates back to levels last seen during the “mini Budget” crisis of the autumn. However, th...
Ulguim, I. Wentz, M.L. Bernardi, M.A.D. Gonçalves, R. Kummer, F.P. Bortolozzo Two different feeding levels during late gestation in gilts and sows under commercial conditions: impact on piglet birth weight and female reproductive performance J. Anim. Sci., 96 (2018), pp. 4209-...