Me. 2007);  National Securities Series- Industrial Stock Series v.

I have just under $10,000 in stocks and have been getting a decent return but I’m sure it’ll return at the average sometime.

She has been saving money at the bank and stock market about 35 years but she is afraid to touch a penny of that.Even though I was a real estate broker for about 30 years she still does not like it. 

I would rather put my money into other investments (stocks, peer-to-peer lending, etc) that consistently return 8+% and look into other alternate methods of gaining experience. 

Along with the mass movement of the general public who are jumping into landlording and who 20 years ago would have been content with the stock market.

Why not just invest in the stock market via an low expense S&P 500 Index Fund, which since inception has a CAGR of 9.5% and includes  no hassles, no tenants, and no toilets.  

2) Concept number 2: I always though that Einstein meant stock market,  and never in my mind applied that quote to real estate.

A lot of the management actually comes from just being available, making sure items are stocked and that your cleaner has the tools they need. 

I have friends that invest in the stock market and math whizzes.

How would you compare the risk rewards matrix of these versus lets investing in the stock market riskier assets (leveraged ETFs or High Yield, junk bonds etc.)?