When I was growing up I did not have the luxury like my American husband had while he was growing up : summer holiday or holiday across America continent. The most luxury driving treats I had was car rides with my parents after dinner. And most of these car rides were investment lessons given by my dad consciously or unconsciously. Every of our car trip, he would point out to lands which he thought were good investment and he would tell us who ever bought these pieces of land would be millionaires. When we drove past the lands he bought, he would tell us that these would be the asserts he would leave for us.
At that time, lands seemed to be the only asset class at his generation. But, as societies became more sophisticated, we have different kind of asset classes, from stock , mutual funds, to commodities. However, there are a lot of people who do not have the appetite for investment. A lot of people in more affluent countries ( more regulated societies) depend on government to take care of their retirement investment. It is very sad as far as I am concern because no body take better care of your money than you do.

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