A recent article in the Sacramento Bee shares some insight into the world’s “Ultra Rich” and their investment portfolios.
The article shows a steady progression of ultra rich investors moving away from stocks and bonds, and focus more on investing in Real Estate. Privately owned real estate now makes up about 20% of the wealthy investors portfolios. The graph below gives a breakdown of where the “global regions” are investing their wealth.
| UHNWIsby world region | % of total world private wealth | Total private wealth US$bn | % of wealth held in real estate | Real estate wealth by region US$bn |
| Europe | 28% | $7,675 | 31% | $2,391 |
| Asia | 24% | $6,590 | 27% | $1,800 |
| Middle East | 3% | $880 | 26% | $231 |
| Oceania | 2% | $485 | 16% | $79 |
| Africa | 1% | $350 | 10% | $37 |
| Latin America | 8% | $2,110 | 7% | $157 |
| North America | 35% | $9,680 | 7% | $633 |
| World Total | 100% | $27,770 | 19% | $5,328 |
So what do you think? Are the world’s wealthiest on to something? Is now the time to point your portfolio in the “Real Estate” Direction? ')}