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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: TheReitStuff ⎊☼🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Ask Not for Whom the Bell Tolls . . .
Date: 09/13/26 1:00 PM
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> I might buy some UK government bonds

Hi again Jim, a random thought:

If you don't like income for any reason, I think there are some not-long-dated UK gilts from the pre-2022 era, where the bulk of the returns will arrive as capital gains rather than income.

However, the return may be very slightly lower than 'yieldy' gilts, because I think CGT on gilts may have favourable tax treatment in the UK for high-rate UK taxpayers.

Perhaps this link will be useful for you:

dividenddata.co.uk - UK gilts prices yields

e.g. TN28 TG28 TG29

TRS

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