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Alternative Investment in Art Assets
Kruja, Mirela ; Horváth, Roman (advisor) ; Komárek, Luboš (referee)
Tato práce zkoumá vliv tržní nejistoty na investice do alternativních tříd aktiv, konkrétně uměleckých sběratelských předmětů, vína a známek, v období 50 let, které vedly k hospodářskému útlumu roku 2000, od roku 1960 do roku 2007. Zkoumá předpoklad, že takové investice mohou zajistit riziko v době finanční nestability, a tak doplnit tradiční investiční strategie. Cílem studie je poskytnout empirický důkaz o vztahu mezi cenou těchto alternativních tříd aktiv a makroekonomickými proměnnými. Tato práce by měla sloužit jako aktualizace stávajícího souboru literatury o alternativních investicích do sběratelských předmětů a poskytovat cenné poznatky o tom, jak nejistota na trhu utváří investiční chování. Celkově výsledky studie ukazují, že dynamika makroekonomickch proménnch hraje významnou roli při utváření cen na trhu s uměním a potažmo i na dalších alternativních investičních trzích, zatímco analýza této studie zdůrazňuje roli makroekonomických podmínek, jako je úrok sazby, míra inflace a index EPU. Klasifikace D81, G11, Z11 Klíčová slova alternativní investice, index cen umění, index cen vína, index cen známek, investice, kointegrační model, sběratelské předměty Název práce Alternativní investice do uměleckého majetku
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Alternative Investment in Art Assets
Kruja, Mirela ; Horváth, Roman (advisor) ; Červinka, Michal (referee)
This thesis investigates the influence of market uncertainty on investments in alternative asset classes, specifically art collectibles, wine, and stamps, over a span of 50 years leading up to the economic downturn of the 2000s, from 1960 to 2007. It explores the premise that such investments can hedge risk during times of financial instability, thus complementing traditional investment strategies. The study aims to provide empirical evidence of the relationship between the price of these alternative asset classes and macroeconomic variables. This paper should serve as an update to the existing body of literature on alternative investments in collectibles, providing valuable insights into how market uncertainty shapes investment behavior. Overall, the results of the study show that wealth and income dynamics play a significant role in shaping the prices in the art market, and by extension, other alternative investment markets, while the analysis of this study emphasizes the role of macroeconomic conditions such as interest rates, inflation rate, and the EPU Index more. JEL Classification D81, G11, Z11 Keywords alternative investments, art price index, wine price index, stamp price index, investment, cointegration model, collectibles Title Alternative Investment in Art Assets
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Alternative Investment in Fine Wine
Tisoň, Eduard ; Teplý, Petr (advisor) ; Smutná, Šarlota (referee)
The goal of this thesis is to examine diversification opportunities and relative investment performance of fine wine over several different periods. We found that fine wine indices have higher risk-adjusted returns than stocks in the most of ours periods and that cheaper fine wines performed substantially better than expensive ones. However, over the periods of financial crisis, fine wine had a strong correlation to major stock indices and lost a significant part of its value. Finally, since fine wine did not show any evidence of exposure to stock markets over the recent period, we concluded that fine wine can bring substantial diversification benefits, which we illustrated in the case of anti-cyclical and pro-cyclical portfolio.
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Alternative Investment in Fine Wine
Tisoň, Eduard ; Teplý, Petr (advisor) ; Smutná, Šarlota (referee)
The goal of this thesis is to examine diversification opportunities and relative investment performance of fine wine over several different periods. We found that fine wine indices have higher risk-adjusted returns than stocks in the most of ours periods and that cheaper fine wines performed substantially better than expensive ones. However, over the periods of financial crisis, fine wine had a strong correlation to major stock indices and lost a significant part of its value. Finally, since fine wine did not show any evidence of exposure to stock markets over the recent period, we concluded that fine wine can bring substantial diversification benefits, which we illustrated in the case of anti-cyclical and pro-cyclical portfolio.
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Investing in LEGO sets
Voborský, Michal ; Brada, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Kováč, Michal (referee)
This Bachelor thesis indetifies LEGO sets as an opportunity for investment and determines sets as alternative assets. The thesis is divided into five chapters. First defines alternative assets and investing in them. Second describes the history of the LEGO Company and their products. Third one describes ways of investing in LEGO sets and defines markets, where LEGO is traded. Fourth part describes factors which influence the value of LEGO sets. Last, fifth, part analyses return on investment and compound annual growth rate.
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Private Equity
Plavec, Martin ; Hraba, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Pokorný, Jan (referee)
74 ABSTRACT This thesis deals with the private equity industry. Its aim is to coherently introduce private equity as a distinctive and integral part of today's economy, to provide relevant insight on the principles of functioning of private equity business model, and to analyse the mechanism of the most commonly used private equity transaction type. The thesis is structured into three chapters with each chapter being dedicated to one of the sub-aims. First chapter defines the notion of private equity and discusses the history of the industry and its economic performance. Private equity encompasses all types of equity investments into non-publicly traded companies. The industry itself has been gaining on significance since its emersion in the 1980s, mainly due to the fact that private equity investments have been consistently outperforming public markets in terms of realized returns. Second chapter is dedicated to the business model of private equity funds, their structure and lifecycle, as well as the investment process itself. Private equity funds take on the limited partnership legal form, which is managed by a professional private equity house while the investors' involvement consists solely in the provision of capital. A fund's lifetime is usually limited by a period of ten years and its lifecycle is...
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The International Art Trade
Kozáková, Kateřina ; Taušer, Josef (advisor) ; Trojanová, Kamila (referee)
The present diploma thesis deals with international art trade. It is divided into four chapters. The first chapter introduces key market agents and describes briefly the art market history. It also shortly evaluates the current market situation. The second chapter describes major international art trade centers and analyses key market patterns and electronic trading. The third chapter provides overview of regulations and rules at the US, EU, and Chinese art markets. The last chapter compares investment into art with selected other investment options. This chapter includes also a case study concerning Picasso's late works on paper. The theoretical part of the thesis aims to provide comprehensive overview of the international art trade. The objective of the case study is to analyze evolution of a narrowly defined art market segment in a given period and to compare it with the development of global art market and also with the presumptions resulting from the theoretical part. The other objective of the case study is to compare the return on investment of this art market segment with respect to the S&P 500 shares and gold.
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Management of an art collection as an investment opportunity
Kálalová, Jana ; Tyslová, Irena (advisor) ; Prokůpek, Marek (referee)
This diploma thesis is dedicated to the phenomenon of art collecting, which under certain circumstances can be considered as an alternative investment. The aim of the thesis is to examine the possibilities of art collecting and investing in the context of both Czech and world art markets, and determine whether art collecting is a form of investment that can generate future profit. Another goal of the thesis is the creation of recommendations that can help collectors create a quality collection while increasing its value over time, no matter if the collection is to be sold afterwards or not. The thesis is divided into several parts. In the first part I describe the collecting itself, various types of collections, significant collectors and also the institutionalized forms of collections in the Czech Republic and abroad. After that I talk about the art market regarding its selling channels together with their advantages and disadvantages for collectors. Subsequently I focus on the price-making process on the art market which creates the base for the next chapter about investing in art where I describe types and rules of investing in art, and afterwards I define the rules regarding the management of an art collection in general with emphasis on its appreciation. In the end I show a practical example of the artworks price development using the artworks of one well-known Czech artist, where some of the formal theoretical statements are applied about investing in art and building an art collection. The whole thesis is assembled together with the opinions of experts from the art field in the form of expert interviews by adding their practical notes continuously to the text.
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