Unlike paper investments, which are controlled by the actions of others, well - chosen properties offer investors direct control, making them far different from stocks, bonds, and mutual funds.
Perhaps the most overlooked way to invest in gold is the Gold IRA which has out performed almost all
other paper investments such as real estate and the stock market.
There's a good lesson here, perhaps applicable to the
Fortress Paper investment which I will be revisiting before year - end if for nothing else than an nice big tax loss.
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Second, there are investments in real estate,
whether paper investments through real estate investment trusts and crowdfunded real estate investments, or physical properties.
This is why I don't believe in bonds, ETFs, or any other
paper investment although you can make the argument that stocks are paper investments.