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According to the report:\r\n\u003Cblockquote>\u003Cem>“With housing prices showing a steadier path upward in recent months, even stock investors are about as likely…to choose real estate (37%) as stocks (32%) as the best long-term investment.”\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fblockquote>\r\nThis Friday, I will be posting an infographic showing additional findings revealed in the report.","The \u003Cem>Gallup\u003C\u002Fem> organization recently released a \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.gallup.com\u002Fpoll\u002F190850\u002Famericans-say-real-estate-best-long-term-investment.aspx\">survey\u003C\u002Fa> in which Americans were asked to rank what they considered to be the “best long term investment.” Real estate ranked number one, with 35% of those surveyed saying it was a better long term investment than stocks & mutual funds, gold, savings accounts or bonds.\u003C!--more-->\r\n\r\nHere is the breakdown:\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F05\u002FSTM-Slide.jpeg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-33374\" src=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.simplifyingthemarket.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2016\u002F05\u002FSTM-Slide.jpeg\" alt=\"Americans Rank Real Estate #1 Long Term Investment | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\nThe survey revealed that real estate was the number one choice among each of the following groups:\r\n\u003Cul>\r\n \t\u003Cli>Men\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n \t\u003Cli>Women\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n \t\u003Cli>People between the ages of 18-29\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n \t\u003Cli>People between the ages of 30-49\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n \t\u003Cli>People between the ages of 50-64\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n \t\u003Cli>People 65 and older\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n \t\u003Cli>People with annual earnings of less than $30,000\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n \t\u003Cli>People with annual earnings between $30,000 and $74,999\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n \t\u003Cli>People with annual earnings of over $75,000\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n \t\u003Cli>People with a college degree\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n \t\u003Cli>People without a college degree\u003C\u002Fli>\r\n\u003C\u002Ful>\r\nEven stock investors ranked real estate number one. 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