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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;pnightingale, post: 1354661, member: 32585&quot;]I have to say that the contributions made here and elsewhere by well informed and articulate investors are enthralling. The case is well made for both sides. I hold a mix of stocks, mutual funds and even some PM assets and as we bought our home primarily as a medium term investment (a large but dilapidated house in a good neighborhood) I reckon we have a stake in the real estate market too. Of these three investment types it seems to my uneducated eye that PMs are stuck on a very high plateau, stocks are poised to adjust upwards and the real estate market will follow the overall economy. If there is a further collapse in any one element the shift in focus to either of the others will make up for any short term losses. </p><p><br /></p><p>This is my admittedly simple view of things and while I can&#039;t explain it as eloquently as others or back it up with impressive citations I&#039;m doing OK and don&#039;t lose any sleep about it. My own stock picks, reasearched as well as my limited understanding allows, and with an eye on the chicanery so well explained by Fatima, are significantly outperforming those investments we leave in the hands of &quot;experts&quot;. Through nothing more than dumb good luck we have managed to enter each part of the market at the bottom of the trough, must be good karma from a previous life I reckon. </p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, keep up the excellent debate, I lurk a lot but read much and while some of it doesn&#039;t make sense or more likely I don&#039;t fully understand it, it remains a great learning experience.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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