Drown Your Oil, Gold and Equities Sorrows With a Whisky

The Rare Whisky Apex 1000 Index -- the broadest and most comprehensive index for Scotch -- is advancing, while commodity and equity assets are bruising investors. The supply of older vintages is becoming scanter and more fiercely fought for by wealthy collectors. A bottle distilled in the 1920’s averages more than 7,000 pounds ($10,150) at U.K. auction.