How is your portfolio doing since the 2008 financial crisis? If you’re like most Americans, it’s probably healed some. After all, stocks are up about 13 percent since October 2008. Bonds are up about 30 percent. ¶ “Winnie-the-Pooh” is doing a bit better. A 1926 first-edition copy of the fabled children’s classic can fetch nearly four times what it did in 2008 — a return of almost 300 percent.
Investors Put Money Into More Tangible Assets: Art. Wine. Winnie-the-pooh?
Cezary Podkul, Washington Post
Wed, 07/11/2012 - 7:08am
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