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rare whisky 101
Rare Whisky Outperforms Gold,
Wine And Equities In Stellar Year
The market for rare whisky in 2015 significantly
outperformed many other well established asset
classes, including wine and gold, according to figures
published today by whisky analyst, broker and
investment experts Rare Whisky 101.
In a record year for the rare whisky market, the leading
index for Scotch whisky, the Rare Whisky Apex 1000
Index closed 2015 up 14%, outperforming Wine (LivEx -0.42%), Gold (-10.44%), and many of the world’s
leading equity indices (FTSE 100 -4.93%, NASDAQ
100 +9.75%, S&P 500 +0.7%, Shanghai Composite
+9.4%).
Volume and value growth
Land of the setting sun?
The total value of rare whisky bottles sold at auction in
the UK in 2015 hit record levels of £9.56M, exceeding
2014 (£7.64m) by 25%. Over twelve months, 43,458
bottles of single malt Scotch whisky were sold in the
UK on the open market, an increase of 9460 bottles
and a 28% increase on 2014. As an indication of the
speed with which this new asset class has emerged,
2009 saw just 4,072 bottles sold throughout the entire
year.
Early 2015 saw a staggering rise in the values for
Japanese whisky, with the Rare Whisky Karuzaiwa
Index increasing nearly 75% in just nine months – a
rise never witnessed previously by any whisky. Bottles
which originally sold for £350 twelve months ago were
achieving more than £3,000 on the secondary market.
However, the last three months of the year a dip of 6%
reflecting a pricing correction which is set to continue
into 2016.