The MoneyWeek debate: Is Bill Gross right to warn investors to get out of gilts?

Pimco's Bill Gross, manager of the world's largest bond fund, recently warned investors to avoid UK government bonds, saying that gilts were "resting on a bed of nitroglycerine". Is he right?

Pimco's Bill Gross, manager of the world's largest bond fund, recently warned investors to avoid UK government bonds, saying that gilts were "resting on a bed of nitroglycerine". Is he right? Here, two of MoneyWeek's experts, James Ferguson and Tim Price, look at the case for and against gilts.

No. He's just talking his book

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