Window into the assets of the rich

Interested in how rich people allocate their assets? Just check out the 2005 detailed personal financial disclosures of the richest Congressmen:

http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/overview.asp?type=W&cycle=2005&filter=A

Also, it's interesting to compare these disclosures against earlier years. Many Congressmen have doubled or tripled their net worth in the last 3 years thanks to booming stock markets and the real estate "bubble".

The largest sector where assets were held is in investment real estate.