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Re:How housing became the world’s biggest asset class by Slartie on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @12:52PM (#22120037)
> Real estate isn't a very volatile asset class.

This conventional wisdom has been increasingly getting less true over the last decade. Valuation increases of 5-10% per year on a regular basis are also "volatility".

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Re:How housing became the world’s biggest asset class by magicalhippo on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @01:16PM (#22120292)
My home will not depreciate much relative to other homes I could have bought. Yes I'm forced to sell during a downturn it's not good, but once the market picks up it's almost certain my home will increase in value as well.

Harder to have the same confidence that the stocks I picked will survive a downturn as well as my home.

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Re:How housing became the world’s biggest asset class by jdsully on Wednesday January 22, 2020 @01:42PM (#22120581)
All your arguments of safety are even more applicable to index funds since you actually own a slice of the entire market rather than just being merely correlated as you are with your house.
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