it has come to this.

so that’s where I should have put my money…

I’ve long suspected that scotch is an important resource in hard times, but hadn’t considered it as a viable investment option:

Roughly 11 months after the launch of a Dutch online trade platform for exclusive single malt whiskies, mostly from Scotland, the World Whisky Index has seen an average return of 26.2 percent, compared to a more than 40 percent decline in the MSCI World stock index.

(from Reuters)