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There's no stock like home
How should you diversify the risks of owning your house?
May 19, 2004: 11:21 AM EDT
By Jason Zweig, MONEY Magazine

NEW YORK (MONEY Magazine) - Americans, on average, have 27 percent of their assets in their own home -- more than in stocks, mutual funds and retirement accounts combined.

Since the basic rule of diversification is to never put all your eggs in one basket, you need to make sure your eggs are balanced across all your assets -- not just stocks, bonds and cash. Here's where your home fits into that mix.

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