http://www.washingtonpost.com/wealt...return-times/2012/06/14/gJQAUiLCiV_story.html tock portfolios in recent years have provided scant comfort. All too often, those share prices on a computer screen — who even has paper stock certificates anymore? — are the difference between a good night’s sleep or pacing yourself into a flop sweat. Even when the numbers do go up, volatility seems to drag them down. That has wealthy investors longing for tangible assets — something they can showcase in their living rooms, drive through their towns in, or even wear from time to time.
Thanks for sharing the article. It's ironic that just yesterday, my daughter's 12 year old friend gave me a birthday present - a bag of classic & modern coins. She said her mom wasn't interested in collecting coins but had been saving them in a jar like her grandparents taught her to do.
"The world’s millionaires are devoting an average of 9.6 percent of their fortunes to nonfinancial assets like collectibles,"....... Wow! Nothing like jumping into things with both feet. Were's the other 90%?
