07.03.2025 11:43
The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) announced the "real return rates of financial investment instruments" for February. Accordingly, when adjusted for the consumer price index (CPI), the highest monthly real return in February was 7.76% for gold bullion.
Gold prices, which ended 2024 at peak levels, continued to remain high in 2025. It ensured the protection of investments even against inflation. The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) announced the "real return rates of financial investment instruments" for February. Accordingly, when adjusted for the consumer price index (CPI), the highest monthly real return in February was realized at 7.76% with gold bullion.
GOLD BULLION INVESTORS SMILED
According to this, the highest monthly real return in February, when adjusted for the domestic producer price index (D-PPI), was 7.92%, and when adjusted for CPI, it was 7.76%, both seen in gold bullion. When adjusted for D-PPI, among investment instruments, the deposit interest (gross) provided a real return of 1.16%, Government Domestic Debt Securities (GDDS) provided 0.63%, and the euro provided 0.26%, while the dollar caused a loss of 0.29% and the BIST 100 index caused a loss of 4.18% for investors. When adjusted for CPI, the deposit interest (gross) provided a real return of 1.01%, GDDS provided 0.48%, and the euro provided 0.12%, while the dollar caused a loss of 0.44% and the BIST 100 index caused a loss of 4.32%. In the three-month evaluation, GDDS became the investment instrument that provided the highest real return to its investors, with 6.5% when adjusted for D-PPI and 3.7% when adjusted for CPI.
STOCK MARKET INVESTORS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT LOSSES
During the same period, the euro emerged as the investment instrument that caused the most losses for investors, with a loss of 2.59% when adjusted for D-PPI and 5.15% when adjusted for CPI. According to the six-month evaluation, gold bullion recorded the highest real return for investors, with 15.79% when adjusted for D-PPI and 7.58% when adjusted for CPI. During the same period, the BIST 100 index was calculated as the investment instrument that caused the most losses for investors, with a loss of 10.1% when adjusted for D-PPI and 16.47% when adjusted for CPI.
GOLD BULLION AT THE TOP IN ANNUAL EVALUATION
When financial investment instruments are evaluated annually, gold bullion became the investment instrument that provided the highest real return to its investors, with 32.34% when adjusted for D-PPI and 19.17% when adjusted for CPI. In the annual evaluation, when adjusted for D-PPI, among investment instruments, the deposit interest (gross) provided a real return of 8.31% and GDDS provided 2.78%, while the US Dollar caused a loss of 6.16%, the Euro caused a loss of 9.47%, and the BIST 100 index caused a loss of 14.18% for investors. When adjusted for CPI, the deposit interest (gross) caused a loss of 2.47%, GDDS caused a loss of 7.45%, the US Dollar caused a loss of 15.50%, the Euro caused a loss of 18.48%, and the BIST 100 index caused a loss of 22.73% for investors.