| If we learnt one thing from the 2008 stock market crash it’s that all asset prices can fall, regardless of the market fundamentals. Leading up to 2008, many thought companies that dealt in hard assets (commodities such as iron ore, gold and copper) would be immune from price falls.
Why? Because they owned the rights to tangible assets. The copper would still be in the ground…it wouldn’t suddenly disappear, and therefore these stocks would be safe...............................................Full Article: Source
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