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Old 05-31-2010, 06:15 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by taylor192 View Post
Then 2009 happened and they got back 80% of what they lost.

If they lost 30-40% is it because they were not very diversified. I lost 50% on some equity investments, yet those are already back to the same levels as before the crash, and were actually higher briefly.

There's risk in everything, at least investments let you diversify to spread out the risk. Real estate does not.
I don't know if they got back 80% of their investments, but i do most recovered around that level, but not all...
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