spencer88
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Registered: 6th Oct 08
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A 'fun' university project that I need some help with!
As part of a group given £100m to invest with, i got £25m to invest in GILTS.
Only thing is, I know sweet FA about GILTS.
Anyone recommend any???
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James
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Gilts usually refer to UK gov bonds, are you limited to UK ones, or can you invest in any countries bonds?
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spencer88
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UK ones only I am afraid.
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James
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Then your choice is already limited and the only choice you have to make is which maturity to go for.
Have you been given a strategy to follow or can you decide for yourself? The maturity that you choose will depends on how long term the investment is.
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spencer88
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Just that the game will end in December.
We can include income from them and dates are calculated by working back 6 month increments from maturity.
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James
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Gilts only pay a coupon every 6 months, so in the real world if you invested £25m today, by December you wouldn't have anything yet.
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spencer88
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Yeah, I got stuck with the shit stuff.
Other people got £25m to invest on the FTSE100 and commodities.
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