The line chart illustrates the amount of money, in millions of dollars, invested in four type of funds, including property, gold, fine art and company shares, covers the period from 1988 to 2014.
Overall, all four categories of financial assets had an upward trend throughout the period. In addition, gold was the fund that tended to increase dramatically and reached the highest value of the four types.
Between 1988 and 1992, while money invested in fine art and company share increase steadily to around more than 50 million dollar, this figure for gold and property in 1992 dropped compared to 1990, also around 50 million. After 14 years, company share witnessed a moderate growth and became the highest investment category with more 200 million dollar. A stable rise was experienced in both gold and property, approximately 200 million and 100 million respectively. However, there was a fluctuation in the amount of money invested in fine art, with 150 million reported at its climax before it slumped.
From 2006 to 2014, the figure for gold steeply rose and reached a peak at 450 million dollar in 2012, before experiencing a substantial fall of roughly 150 million. After a long period of fluctuations, fine art also increased sharply and became the second largest figure among all financial asset . Additionally, there was a stable growth in the funds of property and property, reaching 250 million and approximately 150 million respectively at the end of the period.