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Why Some Investments Are "Weird" and Fetch Good Returns

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October 01, 2018

Ever since the Wall Street crashed for the first time in 1929, people have been thinking of finding new avenues to invest in. That is where the age old advice that the elders in our life have always been giving us originated at first, “Buy Property” It is a safe investment, it is a wise investment. But then the housing bubble also burst, leaving people with a bunch of property, with more and more coming up every day and no one to buy them. People driven by the limited supply, huge demands and peers influence, bought properties and then suddenly the demand became stagnant; more housing projects started coming up, and led to an extremely sharp decline in the price of properties. The bubble had burst.

People started noticing that the type of investment opportunities where a lot of people were focused soon became extremely risky. Eventually they started to shift their interests to things that they would enjoy collecting, look nice when telling someone about them and grow in value over time as well. Many started collecting wine bottles which become better in taste and value as they age and also have a lot of consumers willing to buy later on in life as well. Soon wine started to become not only a collector's item but a great investment opportunity as well. The Italian and French vineyards stared exporting Exotic wines. Upon meeting friends who had started investing in these, more and more people began purchasing exotic wines as they saw what a great investment opportunity it became.

Seeing this exotic trend catch on, many major European Car manufacturers decided to try their luck with this and started rolling out limited edition versions of their already flamboyant cars and produced them in small numbers to only a select few people so that the demand is always more than the supply. Now people started buying vehicles as investments rather than a mode of transport. Because they were considered as investment plans, the general public hardly ever got to see these beautiful machines on the roads, only catching a glimpse from afar on particular car festivals or shows. One particular case was that of the Ferrari 250 GTO, one of only 39 originally made, when it rolled out would have set someone back a mere $18500. However, recently one was sold in America for a Record price of $70 million.

However, if you do not have that kind of money, a recent trend people have been following is that of rare coin collection which fetches the possessor about 1000 times the value of the coin usually. But if you do not want to take part in investing in such weird trends of investments, HDFC Life offers great investment opportunities with the additional benefit of lifelong coverage as well.

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