The Attractiveness of Investing in Whisky Market

Authors

  • Krzysztof Borowski Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie
  • Michał Matusewicz Szkoła Główna Handlowa w Warszawie

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33119/SIP.2020.179.1

Keywords:

financial market, alternative investment, investment whisky market

Abstract

Alternative investment gains in importance especially when financial markets experience high levels of volatility and turmoil. In addition, because of low correlation coefficient between rates of return for alternative investments and rates of return on the stock or bond market, alternative investments can be added to investment portfolios to boost their effectiveness. Investment whisky market is slowly emerg- ing as one of popular alternative investment segments, together with real estate, works of art, diamonds, and investment wine. The comparison of rates of return in this segment with other financial market segments is difficult due to lower liquidity of the whisky market than that of the stock or bond markets. The above explains why we decided to apply three whisky market indices: Vintage 50, ICON 100, and Japanese ICON 100 on a monthly basis. The results obtained are among the first ones ever available in the Polish market. In many instances they confirmed the results of other surveys conducted in the global market with regard to investment wine but in some aspects they contradicted them.

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Published

2020-10-13

How to Cite

Borowski, K., & Matusewicz, M. (2020). The Attractiveness of Investing in Whisky Market. Studies and Work of the Collegium of Management and Finance , (179), 9–26. https://doi.org/10.33119/SIP.2020.179.1

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