Originally Posted by
easyace
It has been the same most places.
The reasons are quite simple, if you have money (and there are a great many that do), where should you keep it?
In the bank? next to 0% interest. (banks have been known to go broke, something unimaginable a few years ago, but has happened recently)
Pension scheme/life assurance policy ? once again rubbish returns over the last few years and a risk of losing all of it.
Stocks and shares, for myself I have never been burdened with great intellect and like most people it seems like a good way to lose money (Investments, may go down as well as up, but are more likely to crash completely)
Razors ? let's not do this one.
Buy property ? I have some, (residential in London, the properties that are rented yield 14% on investment. Then there is the capital growth. The properties are valued at around three time the value I paid for them, this has been over a 40 year period.