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A system reset seems imminent. The world's financial system will need to find a new anchor before the year 2020. Since the beginning of the credit crisis, the US realized the dollar will lose its role as the world's reserve currency, and has been planning for a monetary reset. According to Willem Middelkoop, this reset will be designed to keep the US in the driver's seat, allowing the new monetary system to include significant roles for other currencies such as the euro and China's renminbi.

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Real estate has become an important asset class next to the more traditional assets such as stocks and bonds. Being one of the main drivers for the 2008 financial crisis, it has now become one of the most lucrative investments for the past decade. But what drives this value?