


Silver has shown an even slower increase, on average 1.20% between 20 and an overall decline of 1.42% within the timeframe of 2010-2020. A classic case of low-risk low-return investment, the gold market promises a much slower growth than the stunning rate at which Banksy’s rats jumped to ten times their 2008 prices by 2020. Investment returns on gold have picked up between 20 by 8.26%, but looking at the bigger picture, growth between 20 has progressed at a much slower rate, 2.50%, with some fluctuations between 20. The prices of Banksy’s works, on the other hand has shown a steady increase and will progress to do so due to the artist’s regular output and rapidly growing popularity on the art market. As Banksy stated in 2005, every time I think I’ve painted something slightly original, I find out that Blek Le Rat has done it as well. Blek le Rat chose his name in reference to an Italian comic book character, Blek le Roc, and because rat is an anagram for art. Rats by Blek Le Rat in Paris, France 1983. Between 20 it dropped by 6.24% and is continuously fluctuating, influenced by various unpredictable geopolitical factors. In 1981, he began stenciling the walls of Paris with small black rats, earning him the pseudonym Blek le Rat. Oil might be one of the most conventional modes of investment, however, figures by S&P GSCI between 2010 to 2020 show the average annual return on crude oil dropping by 10.48%.
