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Market Insight

Understanding Gilt Yields

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Published:10 January 2025
This Article was Written by: Ben Jones - Fundhouse
Market Insights

Many UK investors have exposure to UK government bonds, known as ‘gilts’. When you hear investors talk about gilt ‘yields’, they are usually talking about the annualised rate of return that investors can hope to enjoy if they buy that gilt at current market prices. A cheaper gilt means a better return, and therefore a higher yield.

By holding gilts, investors are effectively lending money to the UK government in return for regular interest repayments. If investors believe that gilts are less desirable – maybe because they have less confidence in the UK government’s financial position – they may sell gilts, causing their prices to fall, and their yields to rise accordingly. This correspondingly increases the cost which the government must pay to borrow money.

 

Gilt yields have recently been the subject of news interest. In today’s (10th January 2025) Financial Times, there are a few headlines about how the UK gilt market has fallen in value and how gilt yields – i.e. UK government borrowing costs – are near a 16-year high.

 

But, looking through the noise, are gilts a poor investment today? To read the full article, including model portfolio positioning, please register/login to our adviser portal here.

Speak to the team: mps@fundhouse.co.uk.

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