Why you should steer clear of bonds

The scale of the bubble in the gilt markets was 'starkly demonstrated' on Tuesday when the Government auctioned inflation-linked bonds at the 'lowest yield ever', says Joanna Chung in the FT (low yields mean high prices).

The scale of the bubble in the gilt markets was "starkly demonstrated" on Tuesday when the Government auctioned inflation-linked bonds at the "lowest yield ever", says Joanna Chung in the FT (low yields mean high prices).

The Government managed to sell £650m worth of 50-year inflation-linked treasuries at a yield of just 0.46% above the rate of inflation. And even though returns from the bond are almost guaranteed to be bad, the offer was 1.75 times oversubscribed.

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Annunziata was a deputy editor at MoneyWeek, covering financial markets, politics, economics and comment pieces. She then went on to the Daily Telegraph as a lead writer where she wrote a column on young women’s financial issues. She was briefly a member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands region in the UK as part of the Conservative Party.  Annunziata continues to write  as a freelance journalist.