August's investment champion has been announced
According to TÜİK data, gold bullion provided a real return of 7.17 percent in August based on the Domestic Producer Price Index (D-PPI) and 7.93 percent based on the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
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The Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK) has published the real return rates for financial investment instruments for August 2026. According to the data, gold bullion provided the highest real return to investors in August.
The monthly real return of gold bullion was calculated at 7.17 percent when deflated by the Domestic Producer Price Index (D-PPI) and 7.93 percent when deflated by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
On a monthly basis, Government Internal Debt Securities (DİBS) offered a real return of 0.66 percent, the Euro 0.61 percent, and deposit interest 0.33 percent based on the D-PPI. In the same calculation, the US Dollar caused a loss of 0.86 percent for investors, while the BIST 100 index caused a loss of 1.83 percent.
In the monthly results deflated by the CPI, DİBS provided a real return of 1.38 percent, the Euro 1.34 percent, and deposit interest 1.05 percent. The US Dollar recorded a negative real return of 0.15 percent, and the BIST 100 index recorded a negative real return of 1.13 percent.
TOP INVESTMENT INSTRUMENTS BY PERIOD
In the three-month assessment, the highest real return was seen in DİBS. DİBS provided a real return of 3.46 percent based on the D-PPI and 4.77 percent based on the CPI. In the same period, the investment instrument that caused the most loss was the BIST 100 index; the index recorded a loss of 7.15 percent based on the D-PPI and 5.98 percent based on the CPI.
In the six-month period, gross deposit interest stood out as the investment instrument providing the highest real return, with 1.19 percent based on the D-PPI and 2.87 percent based on the CPI. During this period, gold bullion was the investment instrument that caused the most loss, with 19.35 percent based on the D-PPI and 18.01 percent based on the CPI.
Looking at the annual performance, gold bullion returned to the top spot. Gold provided a real return of 19.73 percent when deflated by the D-PPI and 16.49 percent when deflated by the CPI.
On an annual basis, DİBS offered a real return of 4.21 percent and deposit interest 3.35 percent based on the D-PPI. In contrast, the BIST 100 caused a loss of 0.20 percent, the US Dollar 8.36 percent, and the Euro 8.68 percent. In the annual calculation based on the CPI, while DİBS provided a real return of 1.39 percent and deposit interest 0.56 percent, the BIST 100, US Dollar, and Euro stood out with negative real returns of 2.90 percent, 10.84 percent, and 11.16 percent, respectively.