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Rare whisky out-performs art, cars, jewels (& property) to top luxury investment index
The value of 'passion assets' - including whisky, art, classic cars and jewels - climbed by 9% last year, according to the latest Knight Frank Luxury Investment Index.
Art and wine race past classic cars as top luxury investments
Knight Frank Luxury Investment Index: Classic cars finally stall after their remarkable ten-year run
Rare whisky outperforms other ‘luxury asset’ classes
Knight Frank's Luxury Investment Index has out-paced the prime London property market for the last five years, as have the FTSE and Gold (albeit in more volatile fashion)
Art in the frame as top-performing luxury asset
Annual growth of 25% puts art well ahead of wine and classic cars in Knight Frank's Luxury Investment Index
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