In March, the highest real return of 3.83 percent was seen in the Euro. When adjusted for the Consumer Price Index (CPI), gold bars provided the highest annual return. According to the data from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TÜİK), when adjusted for the Producer Price Index (PPI), gold bars yielded 2.9 percent, BIST 100 index 1.66 percent, gross deposit interest rate 1.27 percent, and the dollar 0.64 percent in real return, while government domestic debt securities (DİBS) resulted in a loss of 1.9 percent for investors. Adjusted for the CPI, gold bars offered a 2.31 percent return, BIST 100 index 1.08 percent, gross deposit interest rate 0.69 percent, and the dollar 0.07 percent in real return, while DİBS incurred a loss of 2.46 percent.

Gold bars led as the investment vehicle with the highest real return rates of 10.9 percent when adjusted for the PPI, and 8.05 percent when adjusted for the CPI over a three-month evaluation. In the same period, BIST yielded a loss of 4.95 percent when adjusted for the PPI, and 7.4 percent when adjusted for the CPI, making it the most loss-incurring investment. Over a six-month evaluation, gold bars recorded the highest real returns of 13.83 percent when adjusted for the PPI and 6.83 percent when adjusted for the CPI. On the other hand, BIST 100 index was found to be the highest loss-incurring investment with a loss of 5.99 percent when adjusted for the PPI, and 11.77 percent when adjusted for the CPI during the same period.