Economy in Turkey: Investment instruments that yielded highest real return in February 2024

When adjusted for the domestic producer price index (Yİ-ÜFE), the BIST 100 index yielded a real return rate of 9.74%. When adjusted for the consumer price index (TÜFE), the BIST 100 index yielded a real return rate of 8.91%.

Here’s a summary of the performance of various investment instruments over different time periods:

– For a three-month evaluation period, when adjusted for Yİ-ÜFE, the BIST 100 index provided the highest real return rate at 6.02%. When adjusted for TÜFE, it provided a real return rate of 0.91%.

– Over the same three-month period, the Euro was the worst-performing investment instrument, yielding a real return rate of -1.76% when adjusted for Yİ-ÜFE and -6.50% when adjusted for TÜFE.

– For a six-month evaluation period, gold bars (külçe altın) provided the highest real return rate at 3.38% when adjusted for Yİ-ÜFE. However, when adjusted for TÜFE, it yielded a negative real return rate of -4.72%.

– Over the same six-month period, DİBS (Devlet İç Borçlanma Senetleri) performed the worst, yielding a real return rate of -21.66% when adjusted for Yİ-ÜFE and -27.80% when adjusted for TÜFE.

– In the annual evaluation, when adjusted for Yİ-ÜFE, the BIST 100 index provided the highest real return rate at 24.45%. When adjusted for TÜFE, it provided a real return rate of 9.71%.

– For the same annual period, gold bars yielded a real return rate of 23.29% when adjusted for Yİ-ÜFE and 8.70% when adjusted for TÜFE.

Overall, the Borsa Istanbul 100 index was the best-performing investment instrument in terms of real return rates for both monthly and annual evaluations.