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Chicago investors face higher risk to keep pace with inflation

Filed by Patrick Temple-West on May 14, 2008 12:36 AM

Chicago-area investors are looking to shift their portfolios into higher gear—with greater risk—to keep pace with rising inflation.

The Standard & Poor's 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average are in the red for 2008—down 4.6 percent and 3.0 percent respectively. Home prices have declined an average of 8.3 percent in the first quarter of 2008.

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