Cars, Comics and Claret ... Savings to Beat the Ftse ; Alternative Investments - Special Report

Mail on Sunday › July 23, 2007

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Bricks and mortar have provided investors with fabulous returns since 1970, but it may come as a surprise to know that you would have been better off in paper stamps to be precise.

Since 1970, house prices have increased on a compound basis by an average of 10.4 per cent a year.

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Cars, Comics and Claret ... Savings to Beat the Ftse ; Alternative Investments - Special Report

But during the same period an index of 30 rare British stamps compiled by philately specialist Stanley Gibbons has increased in value by ...

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