The Personal Finance Guide for Tech Professionals: Building, Protecting, and Transferring Your Wealth

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T. TaulliThe Personal Finance Guide for Tech Professionalshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8242-7_7

7. Hard Assets

Real Estate, Commodities, and Art

Tom Taulli¹  

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Monrovia, CA, USA

 

Buy land, they aren’t making it anymore.

—Mark Twain¹

Hard assets are tangible and include real estate, commodities, artwork, collectibles, and so on. This is the oldest asset class.

Investing in hard assets has traditionally been for those who are wealthy. Such investments may require large investment amounts and ongoing maintenance.

But with the emergence of online platforms and ETFs, it is much easier to participate in hard assets nowadays. This type of investment also has many ...