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Any pre-1970 fastback mustang.

1969 Mach 1 would be my choice.

Tax exempt, just £200 per year for classic insurance.

Prices have been climbing quickly for good examples over the last 3-5 years or so and are due to continue. If I had any garage space I'd be jumping on the wagon. A wisely purchased classic car will yield a ROI much higher than property at the moment.
 
Strangely - fine wine itself cannot be held as an investment in a pension (it gets taxed so much it ain't worthwhile, however some pension providers will let you do it, provided you pay the tax bill)....

However.... you can hold a wine investment fund in a pension - which acts like a normal pension fund, but the underlying investments are fine wines

I need to get out more :lol:
 
As someone that sold a mint Triumph Stag that's doubled in value to buy the Z4 I'm fortunate not to have enough spare cash to invest seriously or do myself any serious financial damage :oops:

But I like Warren Buffett's quotes on investment which focus on equities, he points out that despite two world wars, crashes, natural disasters, terrorism etc equities have returned multiple x more growth than any other investment in the long term. Gold is pretty much just shiny cash Quote: "Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value" - He clearly never owned a Z4 :lol:
Warrnen Buffett's call on Gold
http://www.businessinsider.com/warren-buffetts-lesson-on-gold-2013-3
Quotes - a good read
http://www.businessinsider.com/warren-buffett-quotes-2012-8?op=1
 
bigdog said:
The one thing you should check out before buying gold coins or bullion. Is whether it can be confiscated by the government should a "real" crisis happen. In the USA. Any gold newer than 1934 is subject to confiscation at the governments request. FDR in 1934 confiscated everyone's gold and made it illegal to own. He did this to fund the social security retirement system. We are now allowed to own gold. But the government reserved the right to steal it if they want some extra spending money.
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So that's where Cyprus got the idea from. They moved the idea on and just used savings in banks to steal though.
 
gold may increase with the passing of enough time, but at the all time high has to point to a short term fall

http://onlygold.com/tutorialpages/prices200yrsfs.htm
 
Google the top ten stocks you should never sell...

Eg Macdonalds - love em or hate em they defy all the bumps, constantly innovating new menu revisions to keep people coming in

There's a big retirement firm in the US, with the way the affluent worlds going there's only one way that company will go for those who can afford it

HOWEVER... ONLY INVEST WHAT YOU WOULD BE PREPARED/COULD LIVE WITHOUT IF U LOST IT ALL.... ie don't put all your eggs in one basket
 
you can't lose a copse. It provides firewood, somewhere to have the odd bbq - and when the mrs throws you out you can camp on it.
 
Finisterre said:
woodland, safe enough and a nice little copse enhances your life.
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my friend's dad who is in the oil industry and quite wealthy bought a wood because he was bored. She told me and I thought it was a bit bonkers but obviously its a well known idea..
 
Simon Hart, woodland investment adviser at forester and timber dealer UPM Tilhill, says: 'Woodland values have remained strong. We have seen prices rise by an average of 17% a year over the last five years – this equates to approximately 100% capital growth.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/investing/article-1711711/Should-you-invest-in-woodland.html
 
The value of gold doesn't necessarily increase, its the value of the FIAT currency decreasing that makes the cost of natural resource appear to increase. As the value of the dollar, pound, euro decreases, it artificially increases the costs of other items.
 
There are other costs too. A friend had a gold bar stolen from her parent's safe deposit box, possibly by their cleaner. Possibly with permission, possibly not, their mum was not well. :(
 
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