The UK 10-year gilt yield fell to 4.6%, dropping from its highest level since October 2023 as investors faced uncertainty about 2025's monetary policy and borrowing outlook. This decline mirrored a drop in US Treasury yields after weak data from the US Midwest. In the UK, there is growing...
if in 7 years time (my usual holding period for a gilt) the GRY is zero, my internal rate of return would work out at 3.4%. In other words, 3.4% is the best return I can get over 7 years unless 5 year gilt yields are negative at the time I come to sell. However, I can ...
What this graph of inflation shows us is that for nearly 200 years, prices in the UK went up and down in a zigzag, largely influenced by good and bad harvests. The graph also shows the impact of war. During conflicts, resource shortages and massive increases in money supply led to sharp...