But now France is getting in on the act, inthe hope that its enjoyment of la belle vie will be vindicated inthe face of relatively slow economic growth.
And just as in micro-cap stocks, the most successful investors will be those who buy in for pure enjoyment, find a way to exercise some personal control over pricing or obtain some information advantage.
In 1882, Queen Victoria declared the forest should be for "the use and enjoyment of my people for all time" and a large part of it has been designed as a site of special scientific interest.