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Are Stocks Overtaking Real Estate in Household Portfolios

Current issues in economics and financePublished 1 April 1999
Sewin Chan, Henry S. Schneider, Joseph Tracy
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Abstract

The rapid growth of the stock market since 1990 has encouraged the view that corporate equity holdings are becoming the primary asset for a broad spectrum of American households. A closer look at the evidence, however, reveals that real estate continues to eclipse stocks as a share of most households' portfolios.

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Social SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceBusiness, Management and Accounting