TY - RPRT AB - It has been argued that adding wine to an investment portfolio provides a diversification benefit. There is not, however, agreement on how the return to wine should be estimated. Nor is there agreement on a standard approach to test for a diversification benefit. By considering different approaches to estimating the return to wine and testing for a diversification benefit it is shown that claims wine provides a diversification benefit should be treated with caution. AU - Fogarty, James Joseph AU - Sadler, Rohan DA - 2012-11-23 DA - 2012-11-23 DO - 10.22004/ag.econ.139663 DO - doi ID - 139663 KW - Financial Economics KW - Risk and Uncertainty KW - Alternative Assets KW - Portfolio Optimisation L1 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/139663/files/WP120012.pdf L2 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/139663/files/WP120012.pdf L4 - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/139663/files/WP120012.pdf LA - eng LK - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/139663/files/WP120012.pdf N2 - It has been argued that adding wine to an investment portfolio provides a diversification benefit. There is not, however, agreement on how the return to wine should be estimated. Nor is there agreement on a standard approach to test for a diversification benefit. By considering different approaches to estimating the return to wine and testing for a diversification benefit it is shown that claims wine provides a diversification benefit should be treated with caution. PY - 2012-11-23 PY - 2012-11-23 T1 - To Save or Savour: A Review of Wine Investment TI - To Save or Savour: A Review of Wine Investment UR - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/139663/files/WP120012.pdf Y1 - 2012-11-23 T2 - Working Paper T2 - 1212 ER -