What are the luxury items worth investing in?

Luxury investments – can they make money in the long run and what is worth investing in? Andrew Shirley answers these questions in his upcoming Luxury Investment Index webinar.

13 December 2021

2 mins read

As the luxury investment sector adjusts to the latest phase of the pandemic, join Andrew Shirley, Editor of The Wealth Report and a panel of special guests to discuss the latest trends and topics on Thursday November 25th.

What luxury items are worth investing in?

Andrew and his expert panel will be discussing a number of different areas relating to investments of passion, including:

Jewellery – what types of jewellery are firing up collectors’ imaginations in the auction room?
Coloured diamonds – does colour really matter?
Fine wine – can it continue to dominate the top 10 investment index?

Wine or handbags?

Investment grade wine has recently moved to the top of the Knight Frank Luxury Investment Index (KFLII), knocking Hermes handbags off the top spot.

But in relation to long-term gains, rare whisky has seen a 483% rise over 10 years to 2021. Luxury Investment trends are a moveable feast, and have been on a bumpy ride during the pandemic which has shifted investment trends even more over the last 18 months.

Andrew will be on hand to steer cautious investors through the remaining turbulence from the global pandemic and answer the question: what do investors really want?

How is it measured and who will be there?

The KFLII currently tracks 10 asset classes – art, classic cars, coins, coloured diamonds, furniture, handbags, jewellery, watches, wine and whisky – using data from AMR, Fancy Color Research Foundation, HAGI, Rare Whisky 101, Wine Owners and others.

KFLII tracks the capital value of a theoretical basket of selected collectable asset classes using existing third-party indices provided by leading independent experts. Each asset class is weighted to reflect its relative importance and value within the basket. The index does not take into account dealing, storage or other associated ownership costs.

Andrew will be joined by Miles Davis, director at Wine Owners, Emily Barber, director & head of Jewellery UK at Bonhams and Miri Chen, CEO at The Fancy Color Research Foundation.