5.4 What are the best performing investments over the long term?

Now that you’ve had a look at the alternative forms of investment , which of shares (equities), gilts (government bonds) or savings accounts (cash deposits) do you think provides the best returns to investors over the long term?

Figure 9 Movement of the FTSE Index from 1990 to 2014

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