The line graph illustrates how much money was invested in four financial assets, including property, gold, fine art, and company shares, between 1988 and 2014. Units are measured in millions of US dollars.
Overall, despite some fluctuations, the amount of money was similar in terms of general proliferation, with the amount of money spent on gold enjoying the most dramatic rise. Additionally, the data on property generally had the lowest figure of all examined categories.
In 1988, about 50 million dollars was invested in property and company shares, while there were 75 million spent on fine art and 100 million invested in gold. In the following 18 years, the amount of money spent on fine art fluctuated, while there was a slight increase in the funds for property. Despite being the lowest figure in 1988, the investment in company shares experienced a sharp thrive to the value of approximately 225 million dollars in 2006, which was the highest figure among the four surveyed categories. The amount of money spent on gold witnessed a fluctuation between 1988 and 1998 before increasing significantly to the value of 195 million dollars in 2006.
From 2006 to 2014, gold became the most invested asset, reaching its peak at 450 millions of dollars before decreasing, followed by fine art with its continual increase from 100 to about 325 millions of dollars. In comparison, the value of company shares and property only grew more or less than 50 millions of dollars since 2006.