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The full results are shown in the chart below.\r\n\r\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002F20180509-STM-ENG.jpeg\">\u003Cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-37468\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffiles.keepingcurrentmatters.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2018\u002F05\u002F20180509-STM-ENG.jpeg\" alt=\"Real Estate Tops Best Investment Poll for 5th Year Running | Simplifying The Market\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" \u002F>\u003C\u002Fa>\r\n\r\nThe study makes it a point to draw attention to the contrast in the sentiment over the last five years compared to that of 2011-2012, when gold took the top slot with 34% of the votes. 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