The line chart illustrats investment funds in the US goverment allocated to four categories from 1988 to 2014.
Overall, gold investment sector dominates all four categories, while the opposite was true for property sector over the years. Additionally, investment funds of all four categories showed an upward trend.
From 1988 to 2014, the highest amount of investment fund was accounted for by gold. The figure reached its lowest point at $50 million in 1992, peaked at an all-time high of $450 million in 2012, then declining in 2014. Following gold, fine art investment ranked second in the US. This expense significantly fluctuated between $90 million and $175 million by 2016, before gradually increasing and peaking at $340 million at the end of the period.
On the other hand, in 1988, investment funds were split between company shares and the property sector, each of them receiving around $50 million. Subsequently, the company shares investment fund was a steady growth, reaching the highest point at $250 million in 2014. In contrast, the property fund experienced a considerable fluctuation, with serveral dips and increases. By 2016, this spending witnessed an upward trend, reached a peak of $140 million in 2014.
