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Property Beats Equities

HAMISH_MCTAVISH · 2011-01-27 21:26:25

The motley fool had an article last year, that amply illustrates the point, even after a crash, that property beats shares hands down. Main points: (and I've added a couple of updates) Over the 50 years to 2009, shares have delivered a real return of 5.2% a year, including capital gains and dividends. Over the 50 years to…

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HAMISH_MCTAVISH Posts: 28,592 Forumite

29 January 2011 at 5:40PM

Talking sense to him is pointless.

“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie – deliberate, contrived, and dishonest – but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic.

Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”
-- President John F. Kennedy”
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