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šŸ¤·šŸ½ What do you think the safest investment is for the next 5-10 years, and why?šŸ¤·šŸ½ #publicsurvey #theconversation

Stocks šŸ“ˆ39.66%
Bonds šŸ’°10.17%
Real estate šŸ”31.2%
Gold šŸ„‡18.97%
875 votes ā€¢ Ended 09/12/21
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Got to stick with the gold, absolutely necessary for our technological progress at this point and a solid investment that we can hold. Closely seconded by real estate which given the proper location and investment has the potential for greater return.
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@Xander882214 i would have stated real estate prior to the pandemic and now i am not sure. Lots of landlords loosing properties and real estate due to lost income and continued expenses without. Perhaps land and only land. As stated not sure. I'll stay with stocks at moment.
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Jelly@Jega
Gold and then stocks. I would have added in that poll cryptocurrencies which are the third best investment for me.
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Safest but trying to get maximal growth is why I picked Stocks. I think stocks and real estate both are at all time highs that will see a pullback but think real estate would be slower to bounce back
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Dividend stocks.
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I swapped out Gold for Crypto at the moment. I got impatient w/ bonds and swapped for individual dividend stocks. I probably need to up my REITs but technically I do make a portion of my income through my practice's real estate investments as a K1 so technically that is REIT like money. Then the rest is ETFs w/ some stocks
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I think Real Estate because there is only so much land. And less of it for housing as more and more companies buy for development
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@PleasantlySatisfied is gold something you invest in now? Or something you plan to?
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@celtic Yeah its a pretty rough time to be in real estate, on one hand you can sell a house at top level prices, if someone can afford to pay it
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@Jega @ctsshah I wanted to include crypto, but didn't want to leave bonds out with the concerns of inflation. I wish we could put up to 6 options for a poll šŸ˜”
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@tenbeersdeep I just opened a Roth IRA with fidelity to start my dividend portfolio back up!
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@spinchange Honestly your allocation makes a lot of sense to me.
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@xiantese Real estate scares me a little bit šŸ˜†, I may add another REIT sometime soon.
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Stocks are gonna crash very hard again soon
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TF@stockscrypro
Personally I am investing in crypto to hold 5 to 10 years and what I see crypto is here to stay and this is just the beginning. The only stock I will hold for 5 years is $NIO , and most of my others stocks are for short term. ( this is just me) and I am learning to become successful day trader. Thatā€™s my goal.
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With the incoming housing crisis, for sure real estate.
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@Xander882214 Real Estate! It has been, and always will be, one of the best ways to acquire true wealth over time.
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I think buy actual gold in your hand is best not a stock of gold that is just numbers. Gold in hand is the way
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I think you have to put crypto on the list. I agree with guys like Jim Cramer, who says to have about 5% of your investments in crypto, because it is the new gold. I think stocks are first though.
NW
Personally I think you're all correct. You just have to take what the markets give you. Stick to your system and let the market do its thing. I think that's all we can do.
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Real estate always will be in need. So will stocks as long as there is a public company
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šŸ’Æ Stocks
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ML@mlg17171
I believe that Gold and Real Estate are the future. I am so very new at this, I don't really know if my thoughts even count.
DA
Bonds are best bet in coming years as interest rates rise and everyone looks to refinance long term debt using the bond markets to lock in low rates.
DA
Real estate is overpriced and highly vulnerable to any change in interest rates. Affordability is already a big hinderance to new buyers, and investors comprise biggest fraction of buyers right now, which hints at a speculative bubble that is currently hidden by inflation caused by the spending spree people have been on. There are signs the Delta variant of COVID is becoming a drag on the economā€¦See more
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