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What investment is rudimentary for billionaires but ‘revolutionary’ for 70,571+ investors entering 2026?
Imagine this. You open your phone to an alert. It says, “you spent $236,000,000 more this month than you did last month.”
If you were the top bidder at Sotheby’s fall auctions, it could be reality.
Sounds crazy, right? But when the ultra-wealthy spend staggering amounts on blue-chip art, it’s not just for decoration.
The scarcity of these treasured artworks has helped drive their prices, in exceptional cases, to thin-air heights, without moving in lockstep with other asset classes.
The contemporary and post war segments have even outpaced the S&P 500 overall since 1995.*
Now, over 70,000 people have invested $1.2 billion+ across 500 iconic artworks featuring Banksy, Basquiat, Picasso, and more.
How? You don’t need Medici money to invest in multimillion dollar artworks with Masterworks.
Thousands of members have gotten annualized net returns like 14.6%, 17.6%, and 17.8% from 26 sales to date.
*Based on Masterworks data. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. Important Reg A disclosures: masterworks.com/cd
Feb 12, 2026
Nigeria’s central bank is drawing attention to a familiar but increasingly delicate risk for the economy: excess liquidity in the financial system, particularly as the country moves closer to the 2027 election cycle. While the issue is often framed in monetary policy terms, its implications for the housing sector are immediate and far-reaching.
When liquidity rises sharply, it tends to place upward pressure on inflation, which in turn affects the cost structure of real estate. Higher inflation feeds directly into construction input prices, from cement and steel to labour and logistics, making it more expensive for developers to deliver new projects. These cost increases typically flow through to buyers and tenants, contributing to sustained rent growth across urban markets.
The central bank has spent the past year pursuing aggressive tightening measures to stabilize prices and strengthen the naira, but officials warn that fiscal expansion linked to election-period spending could complicate these gains. Historically, pre-election cycles in Nigeria have been associated with higher public spending, increased liquidity injections, and renewed inflationary pressures.
For real estate, this dynamic often translates into higher borrowing costs, reduced mortgage accessibility, and delayed investment decisions. Developers may slow project pipelines when financing conditions tighten, while households face widening affordability gaps as rents adjust faster than incomes.
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The Federal Government of Nigeria will commence the sale of selected state-owned assets to private investors in 2026, the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Mr. Wale Edun, announced this week. The move forms part of a broader economic reform agenda designed to deepen private sector participation, attract capital inflows and strengthen the nation’s macroeconomic framework.
Mr. Edun disclosed the government’s intentions on the sidelines of the AlUla Conference for Emerging Market Economies in Saudi Arabia. Speaking to international media, including Bloomberg, he said authorities are currently reviewing the federal asset portfolio to determine which entities will be offered for sale, as well as the timeline and transactional structure for the divestments planned for later this year.
