Are stocks overtaking real estate in household portfolios?

Sewin Chan, Henry Schneider and Joseph Tracy

Current Issues in Economics and Finance, 1999, vol. 5, issue Apr

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.

Keywords: Real property; Investments; Stocks; Stock market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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