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The drop-off in tech-stock valuations alone is enough to cool off the chase for assets in Silicon Valley.
FORBES: Paradigm shift
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The decline in the stock and real estate markets created further built-in discounts for many assets.
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Foreigners are going the other way, recognizing that aging shifts the world's largest per capita stock of individually owned assets toward better housing, more consumption and greater risk-appetite for investment opportunities.
FORBES: Back In Business
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For investors in the stock market, it is a general rule to assume that long-term assets should not be needed in the three- to five-year range.
FORBES: Buy-And-Hold Investing Vs. Market Timing
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Uncertainty over the timeline for a resolution in Europe and falling levels in the stock market have also helped drive investors into safe-haven assets like U.S. Treasuries, which has left the 10-year bond today yielding 2.11% and the 30-year long-term bond yielding 3.13%.
FORBES: Even As Treasuries Go Higher, Downgrade Fears Return