Comments on: Real Estate or Stocks: Which is the better investment? http://www.doughroller.net/investing/real-estate-or-stocks-which-is-the-better-investment/ Money Management and Personal Finance | The Dough Roller Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:10:27 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jon Morrow http://www.doughroller.net/investing/real-estate-or-stocks-which-is-the-better-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Jon Morrow Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:36:58 +0000 http://doughroller.net/2007/06/04/real-estate-or-stocks-which-is-the-better-investment/#comment-44 Excellent response, and thanks for the link! You're the only one that's responded so far, so you may win the contest by default :-) Excellent response, and thanks for the link! You’re the only one that’s responded so far, so you may win the contest by default :-)

]]> By: Is Flipping Houses Investing or Speculating? : The Dough Roller http://www.doughroller.net/investing/real-estate-or-stocks-which-is-the-better-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Is Flipping Houses Investing or Speculating? : The Dough Roller Fri, 08 Jun 2007 11:39:10 +0000 http://doughroller.net/2007/06/04/real-estate-or-stocks-which-is-the-better-investment/#comment-39 [...] few days ago I wrote an article entitled, Real Estate or Stocks: Which is the better investment? In response, Enough Wealth wrote a comment worth reading. Of interest here, Enough Wealth wrote: [...] [...] few days ago I wrote an article entitled, Real Estate or Stocks: Which is the better investment? In response, Enough Wealth wrote a comment worth reading. Of interest here, Enough Wealth wrote: [...]

]]> By: Q at $1 Million to My Name http://www.doughroller.net/investing/real-estate-or-stocks-which-is-the-better-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Q at $1 Million to My Name Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:31:25 +0000 http://doughroller.net/2007/06/04/real-estate-or-stocks-which-is-the-better-investment/#comment-18 I own an apartment bldg, and stocks. I am very comfortable owning both - it has worked out very well for me. BTW, I tried to subscribe to your feed via My Yahoo, and I'm getting an error. Not sure if that's on my end or your end, but I wanted to make you aware of it, just in case. Would you care to trade bloglinks? You can email me at onemilliontomyname at gmail dot com. Thanks, great site! I own an apartment bldg, and stocks. I am very comfortable owning both – it has worked out very well for me.

BTW, I tried to subscribe to your feed via My Yahoo, and I’m getting an error. Not sure if that’s on my end or your end, but I wanted to make you aware of it, just in case.

Would you care to trade bloglinks? You can email me at onemilliontomyname at gmail dot com.

Thanks, great site!

]]> By: Enough Wealth http://www.doughroller.net/investing/real-estate-or-stocks-which-is-the-better-investment/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Enough Wealth Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:53:36 +0000 http://doughroller.net/2007/06/04/real-estate-or-stocks-which-is-the-better-investment/#comment-17 Both real estate and stocks have a place in a diversified, balanced portfolio. I own a home plus an investement property, as well as a stock portfolio. I agree with the gist of your post - I've had a bad investment property in the past where tenants were bad (damaging the property and vacating without notice when behind in the rent). However, you could just as easily rewrite the post substituting a couple of individual stock picks that experience problems (Enron, GM, etc) for the 'no worries' mutual funds, and substitute a REIT for the individual rental properties. In that case you'd get the opposite impression as to which is best. You can pick the wrong house/stock or invest in index funds and REITs. You can invest only in the domestic stock and property market, or diversify overseas. You can buy for cash only, use modest gearging, or gear to the hilt and hope for the best. The problems experienced with both stock or property investments are more often due to the investor rather than the asset class. In the final analysis, the main reason I'd give a slight edge to stock investing over property is because the long term average ROI is slightly higher for stocks than property. Although they are both provide substatially superior returns in the long term compared to bonds and fixed interest investments. The other good feature of stock investing is that low cost index funds are more available than low cost real estate funds. Regards http://enoughwealth.com Both real estate and stocks have a place in a diversified, balanced portfolio. I own a home plus an investement property, as well as a stock portfolio. I agree with the gist of your post – I’ve had a bad investment property in the past where tenants were bad (damaging the property and vacating without notice when behind in the rent). However, you could just as easily rewrite the post substituting a couple of individual stock picks that experience problems (Enron, GM, etc) for the ‘no worries’ mutual funds, and substitute a REIT for the individual rental properties. In that case you’d get the opposite impression as to which is best.

You can pick the wrong house/stock or invest in index funds and REITs. You can invest only in the domestic stock and property market, or diversify overseas. You can buy for cash only, use modest gearging, or gear to the hilt and hope for the best. The problems experienced with both stock or property investments are more often due to the investor rather than the asset class.

In the final analysis, the main reason I’d give a slight edge to stock investing over property is because the long term average ROI is slightly higher for stocks than property. Although they are both provide substatially superior returns in the long term compared to bonds and fixed interest investments. The other good feature of stock investing is that low cost index funds are more available than low cost real estate funds.

Regards
http://enoughwealth.com

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