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This is the market's biggest lie

THIS MONTH Marcus Padley

I once gave a presentation at a home buyer's show. My talk was on which asset class is the best, property or shares, and in my preparations I discovered that both asset classes return 6% to 10% over the long term and, depending on your chosen time period, one or other will win but no one takes the trophy at all times.

I started out looking for the differences, but what I noticed where the similarities. The two asset classes have very similar marketing. They are

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