Albany Portfolio Management

The Good… wine was the darling investment though the formative years of this century, with a performance to make even the stoutest of Stock Market indices blush. From ’05 to its peak late last summer, the Liv-Ex index (wine’s FTSE) leapt from 120 points to a staggering 264. No equity or fixed income market came close.

the Bad…. in late 2008 as the financial crisis did its worst, wine took its biggest tumble in living memory. As much as 30% was wiped of the value of some wines.

and the Upwardly…. as is wine’s wont, the market recovered swiftly. Confidence returned as collectors and investors seized the day, reactivating the market and tempting back the all important Chinese (Click Here to read about China's impact - astonishing) and Russian buyers. Prices are now suddenly and dramatically increasing.
  

 
The Liv-ex 100 Fine Wine Index is the industry's leading benchmark. The value of the index as of 31st January 2010 was 243.59, a rise of 2.7% on the previous month. The index is up 17.4% year-on-year and rose 15.7% in 2009

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