The line graph illustrates the amounts of funds invested in Property, Gold, Fine Art and Company shares (measured in millions of US dollars) between 1988 and 2014.
Overall, all four sectors experienced fluctuations but showed an upward trend by the end of the period. In addition, gold received the highest investment throughout most of the period.
Initially, 100 million dollars were invested in gold, followed by the amount of money invested in fine arts in 1988. Gold witnessed a dramatic decrease to 52 million dollars in 1992. In contrast, company shares funding steadily rose to nearly 100 million dollars before dropping to 55 million dollars over the next two years. During the same period, gold’s investment increased consistently to 120 million dollars. Both categories grew slightly in 1996, then declined significantly in 1998. Over the next decade, gold investment fluctuated between 50 and 100 million dollars while funding for fine arts showed a gradual growth, rising to 210 million dollars in 2006. This figure continuously went up and peaked at 450 million dollars in 2012 before dropping to 380 million dollars in 2014. After a steep decline between 2014 and 2016, fine art fundings saw a dramatic recovery to 380 million dollars by the end of the period.
Regarding the two remaining categories, investments of both property and company shares were equal in 1994, at approximately 60 million dollars. However, the latter saw a significant increase to 150 million dollars in 1996 and continued to grow steadily. By 2004, it reached 150 million dollars and surpassed the latter, making it the third largest sector, by the end of the period. Meanwhile, the amount of money invested in property experienced a slight decrease in 2016 before surging to nearly 200 million dollars in 2014.