The down economy has created a prolonged real estate slump (a cyclical result… the real estate crash was the primary cause of the economic downturn in the first place), slow retail sales, job losses, and an overall lack of confidence in our government, the stock market and especially our financial institutions. However, I didn’t realize just how far-reaching the problems were until I saw this video.

The moral of the story: Diversification! Mr. Monopoly placed all of his investment capital into the real estate basket. He should have had a much more diverse portfolio, including talking to a commodity broker about some alternative investments. You would think that someone who has been around as long as Mr. Monopoly would have learned this lesson by now.