Up 9.5% over 12 months, the Liv-ex 100 Fine Wine Index (below) has clawed back some of last year’s losses, when the industry’s main benchmark index fell 14.6% in 2008. So should you be piling into the fine wine market?

After the crash of 1929, the market had a nice recovery. By April 1930, the market was up 41% from its lows of Nov. 13, 1929. Many believed the worst was over. One of those who did was Benjamin Graham, the father of security analysis, Warren Buffett’s teacher and a great investor in his own right.

The base metals were mixed on Thursday. Copper rose straight from the pre-dawn hours until about noon, then eased slightly off its intraday high to finish at $3.7867/lb., up 6½ cents.