Real wealth has intrinsic value but may or may not have a market price. Examples include fertile land, healthful food, knowledge, productive labor, pure water and clean air, physical infrastructure, caring relationships, education, and health care. Financial wealth is measured in dollars and cents. Money, however, has no intrinsic value. Wall Street generates it in astonishing quantities through accounting tricks, financial bubbles, and debt pyramids. It appears from nowhere and can disappear in an instant, as a phantom in the night. It is still only a number with no existence outside the human mind.
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Real assets are physical assets such as plant, machinary, vehicles, stock/ inventory. Financial assets, are cash, bonds, shares etc., etc.
You can find the Larry Edelson Real Wealth Report PDF on the official website of the publication or through online financial research platforms.
Investing in real estate can provide financial benefits such as rental income, property appreciation, tax advantages, and potential for long-term wealth accumulation.
A real asset is a tangible asset like gold or real estate. You can hold it or place your hand on it. It has intrinsic value in and of itself. A financial asset is not tangible. Instead, its existence is "represented by evidence of its existence such as a paper certificate, like money, a savings passbook, a stock certificate, or a bond. The paper in money has no intrinsic value. Its value is derived by virtue of what it represents.