Pricking the 'property is best' balloon - Mary Holm

However, companies, ideas, people, almost everything we care to think of gets outdated or ceases to exist at some point.

Property is a rare commodity that doesn't.

I'm not knocking sharemarket enthusiasm, as I, too, think it's super exciting, and am looking to get more involved.

BUT, I will always stick with an 80/15/5 per cent investment ratio, whereby 80 per cent is property, 15 per cent could be business and 5 per cent shares.

If I'm not mistaken, most of the richest people in the world use this sort of ratio. Why not follow their example?

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