NFT vs. Traditional Art Investment Comparison

Your Investment Profile & Goals

NFT Investment Scenario

This is a user estimate for calculation purposes.

Key Risks for NFTs (Acknowledge):

High market volatility, smart contract vulnerabilities, platform risks, copyright/authenticity concerns, scams, and potential for low long-term adoption.

Traditional Art Investment Scenario

Key Risks for Traditional Art (Acknowledge):

High illiquidity, significant transaction costs, challenges in authenticity/provenance, risk of physical damage/theft, subjective market valuation, ongoing storage and insurance costs.

Comparison Summary

Disclaimer: This comparison tool provides estimates based on user-provided inputs, which are inherently speculative for future appreciation. Actual investment outcomes can vary significantly due to market volatility, changing trends, and individual circumstances. Both NFT and traditional art markets carry unique and substantial risks. This information is for educational and illustrative purposes only and does NOT constitute financial or investment advice. Always conduct thorough personal research (DYOR) and consult with qualified financial and art advisors before making any investment decisions.

Initial Investment: ${nta_formatCurrency(inputs.initialInvestment)}

Time Horizon: ${inputs.timeHorizon} years

Investment Goal: ${inputs.investmentGoal}

Risk Tolerance: ${inputs.riskTolerance}

`; inputsHtml += `
NFT Scenario Inputs:

Est. Annual Appreciation: ${nta_formatPercentage(inputs.nft.expAppreciation)}

Est. Total Transaction Fees: ${nta_formatPercentage(inputs.nft.totalTxFeesPercent)}

Perceived Liquidity: ${inputs.nft.liquidity}

Perceived Rarity: ${inputs.nft.rarity}

Community/Hype: ${inputs.nft.community}

`; inputsHtml += `
Traditional Art Scenario Inputs:

Est. Annual Appreciation: ${nta_formatPercentage(inputs.art.expAppreciation)}

Est. Total Transaction Costs: ${nta_formatPercentage(inputs.art.totalTxCostsPercent)}

Annual Holding Costs: ${inputs.art.holdingCostType === 'fixed' ? nta_formatCurrency(inputs.art.holdingCostValue) : nta_formatPercentage(inputs.art.holdingCostValue)} (${inputs.art.holdingCostType})

Perceived Liquidity: ${inputs.art.liquidity}

Artist Reputation/Provenance: ${inputs.art.artistReputation}

Maintenance Needs: ${inputs.art.maintenanceNeeds}

`; const comparisonTableHtml = `MetricNFT InvestmentTraditional Art Initial Investment${nta_formatCurrency(inputs.initialInvestment)}${nta_formatCurrency(inputs.initialInvestment)} Est. Net Future Value${nta_formatCurrency(results.nft.netFutureValue)}${nta_formatCurrency(results.art.netFutureValue)} Est. Net Profit${nta_formatCurrency(results.nft.netProfit)}${nta_formatCurrency(results.art.netProfit)} Est. Total Costs${nta_formatCurrency(results.nft.totalTxCosts)}${nta_formatCurrency(results.art.totalTxCosts + results.art.totalHoldingCosts)} Est. Simple ROI${nta_formatPercentage(results.nft.roi)}${nta_formatPercentage(results.art.roi)} Est. Annualized ROI (CAGR)${nta_formatPercentage(results.nft.cagr)}${nta_formatPercentage(results.art.cagr)} `; // Basic cleaning of qualitative HTML for PDF (remove classes not defined in PDF style) let cleanedQualitativeHtml = qualitative.replace(/

/g, '
').replace(/<\/h4>/g, '
'); cleanedQualitativeHtml = cleanedQualitativeHtml.replace(/

/g, '

').replace(//g, ''); cleanedQualitativeHtml = cleanedQualitativeHtml.replace(/

    /g, '
      ').replace(/
    • /g, '
    • '); const disclaimer_pdf = `Projections based on user estimates (highly speculative). Actual outcomes can vary significantly. Both asset classes have unique, substantial risks. This is NOT financial advice. DYOR.`; pdfContentEl.innerHTML = `
      NFT vs. Traditional Art Investment Comparison
      I. User Profile & Common Inputs
      ${inputsHtml}
      II. Projected Financial Comparison (Over ${inputs.timeHorizon} Years)
      ${comparisonTableHtml}
      III. Qualitative Alignment & Considerations
      ${cleanedQualitativeHtml}
      Disclaimer: ${disclaimer_pdf}
      Generated on: ${pdfCreationTimestamp}.
      `; document.body.appendChild(pdfContentEl); html2canvas(pdfContentEl, { scale: 2, useCORS: true, logging:true, windowWidth: pdfContentEl.scrollWidth, windowHeight: pdfContentEl.scrollHeight }).then(canvas => { const imgData = canvas.toDataURL('image/png'); const pdfWidth = pdf.internal.pageSize.getWidth(); const pdfHeight = pdf.internal.pageSize.getHeight(); const imgProps = pdf.getImageProperties(imgData); let position = 0; const pageMargin = 40; const effectivePageHeight = pdfHeight - 2 * pageMargin; const contentWidth = pdfWidth - 2 * pageMargin; // Calculate how much of the canvas height corresponds to one PDF page height const singlePageCanvasHeightEquivalent = effectivePageHeight * (imgProps.width / contentWidth); let numPages = Math.ceil(imgProps.height / singlePageCanvasHeightEquivalent); for (let i = 0; i < numPages; i++) { if (i > 0) pdf.addPage(); // Calculate source y and source height on the large canvas for the current page let sourceY = i * singlePageCanvasHeightEquivalent; let sourceHeight = Math.min(singlePageCanvasHeightEquivalent, imgProps.height - sourceY); // Create a temporary canvas for the current page's slice const pageCanvas = document.createElement('canvas'); pageCanvas.width = imgProps.width; pageCanvas.height = sourceHeight; const ctx = pageCanvas.getContext('2d'); ctx.drawImage(canvas, 0, sourceY, imgProps.width, sourceHeight, 0, 0, imgProps.width, sourceHeight); const pageImgData = pageCanvas.toDataURL('image/png'); const pageImgHeight = (sourceHeight * contentWidth) / imgProps.width; pdf.addImage(pageImgData, 'PNG', pageMargin, pageMargin, contentWidth, pageImgHeight, undefined, 'FAST'); } pdf.save('NFT_vs_Art_Comparison.pdf'); if(document.body.contains(pdfContentEl)) document.body.removeChild(pdfContentEl); }).catch(err => { console.error("NTA PDF Error:", err); alert("Error generating Comparison PDF. See console."); if(document.body.contains(pdfContentEl)) document.body.removeChild(pdfContentEl); }); } document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() { nta_openTab({}, 'nta_tab_overview'); // Initialize conditional fields const artHoldingCostTypeEl = document.getElementById('nta_art_holdingCostType'); if (artHoldingCostTypeEl) { // Set a default to trigger label update if needed // It will use the HTML default 'fixed' } if (!document.getElementById('nta_investmentAmount')) { console.error("Critical input 'nta_investmentAmount' not found."); } });

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