{"id":6322,"date":"2014-04-22T12:36:31","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T12:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/?p=6322"},"modified":"2014-04-22T12:36:31","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T12:36:31","slug":"americans-prefer-real-estate-stocks-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/americans-prefer-real-estate-stocks-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Prefer Real Estate Over Stocks, Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Americans Prefer Real Estate Over Stocks, Gold<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_6323\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ID-100247519.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6323\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6323\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ID-100247519.jpg\" alt=\"Americans Prefer Real Estate Over Stocks, Gold.  Image courtesy of  pakorn \/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ID-100247519.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/ID-100247519-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6323\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Americans Prefer Real Estate Over Stocks, Gold. Image courtesy of pakorn \/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Americans have renewed confidence in real estate as a great investment. In fact, Americans believe real estate is the \u201cbest\u201d long-term investment, followed by gold, stocks, mutual funds, savings accounts\/CDs, and bonds, according to a new Gallup Poll of about 1,000 adults who were asked to choose the best option for long-term investments. Bonds were the least favorite investment among the options Gallup surveyed.<\/p>\n<p>In 2011, Americans surveyed said the most popular long-term investment was gold. That also marked a time when gold was at its highest price and real estate and stock values were lower than today, Gallup notes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith housing prices improving across the country, Americans are regaining faith that real estate is the best choice for long-term investments,\u201d according to Gallup. \u201cHome ownership is also associated with views of real estate as an attractive investment opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Americans with higher incomes are the most likely to say real estate and stocks are the best investments \u2013 \u201cpossibly because of their experience with these type of investments,\u201d according to the Gallup poll. Higher income Americans are most likely to say they own their home (at 87 percent), followed by middle-income earners (at 66 percent) and lower-income earners (36 percent).<\/p>\n<p>Home owners are slightly more likely than renters to say real estate is the best choice for long-term investments \u2013 33 percent versus 24 percent, respectively, according to the Gallup poll.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/poll\/168554\/americans-sold-real-estate-best-long-term-investment.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Americans Sold on Real Estate as Best Long-Term Investment<\/a>,\u201d Gallup (April 17, 2014)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans Prefer Real Estate Over Stocks, Gold Americans have renewed confidence in real estate as a great investment. In fact, Americans believe real estate is the \u201cbest\u201d long-term investment, followed by gold, stocks, mutual funds, savings accounts\/CDs, and bonds, according to a new Gallup Poll of about 1,000 adults who were asked to choose the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/americans-prefer-real-estate-stocks-gold\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[5,32,4,9],"class_list":["post-6322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-real-estate-tips","tag-anthony-didonato","tag-news","tag-real-estate","tag-tips","item-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Americans Prefer Real Estate Over Stocks, Gold - Real Estate Agent and Sales in PA - Anthony DiDonato Broomall, Media, Delaware County and surrounding areas in Pennsylvania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/americans-prefer-real-estate-stocks-gold\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/americans-prefer-real-estate-stocks-gold\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/americans-prefer-real-estate-stocks-gold\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/964792b6994e8cc4cbddc36ad4824908\"},\"headline\":\"Americans Prefer Real Estate Over Stocks, Gold\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-04-22T12:36:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/americans-prefer-real-estate-stocks-gold\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":269,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/964792b6994e8cc4cbddc36ad4824908\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/americans-prefer-real-estate-stocks-gold\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/ID-100247519.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Anthony DiDonato\",\"News\",\"Real Estate\",\"tips\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Real Estate Tips\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/americans-prefer-real-estate-stocks-gold\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/americans-prefer-real-estate-stocks-gold\\\/\",\"name\":\"Americans Prefer Real Estate Over Stocks, Gold - Real Estate Agent and Sales in PA - Anthony DiDonato Broomall, Media, Delaware County and surrounding areas in Pennsylvania\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/americans-prefer-real-estate-stocks-gold\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/americans-prefer-real-estate-stocks-gold\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/ID-100247519.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-04-22T12:36:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/americans-prefer-real-estate-stocks-gold\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/americans-prefer-real-estate-stocks-gold\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/americans-prefer-real-estate-stocks-gold\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/ID-100247519.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.anthonydidonato.net\\\/wordpress\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2014\\\/04\\\/ID-100247519.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":266,\"caption\":\"Americans Prefer Real Estate Over Stocks, Gold. 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