In some way? Probably.

Everything is connected .... in one way or another. 

In some way? Isn't everything connected?

In 'some way?' Yes.

A diverse portfolio will contain both stock & real estate investments!

They both have the word "market" in them. 

Let me put some thought into this.

"In some way?" Yes, making money through stock investments, a robust 401K, media blabbing about strong economy DOES create consumer confidence. The resulting reduced anxiety enables folks to spend money.

Many highly profitable stock investments include REITs.

However, when people need a roof to sleep under, they will make the sacrifice required. Those who have been in business over 15 years have personal experience with a crashed market. We find a way.

Money is important for all markets.

These two play ping-pong constantly

In some way, Yes...

In some way.

Yes.

Thats like asking if the economy is connected to the real estate market. Of course they are all connected and all effected by one another.

In many ways but the stock market reacts to many factors.

In a minor way. The market is controlled by automated computer buying and selling programs none of us regular folk can control. There will be bumps, there will be sharp increases and sharp decreases. The days news, politics and such all will make it go one way or the other. In the end it stays steady

It definitely plays a role even for people not invested

Yes I do.

Yes, just like the leg bone is connected to the hip bone.  In my experience, when the market becomes too volatile and losses are happening, people retreat into the less sexy but more stable real estate market.  When we're in a bull market and constantly hitting new highs, the quick profit of the market is alluring to the larger but much longer play of the real estate market.

probably....

Yes. Everything is connected these days. If something influences someones money, regardless how the money is “invested” there will be ripples and repercussions.

30 trillion dollars invested in the US stock market.  Also ask someone who was around for the crash of 1929.

Peter,

According to Quantum Physics we are all connected...A

I think a person's investments are tied to the real estate market to a certain extent.  If their investments are experiencing losses, I believe they are less likely to purchase real estate, unless the money is stupid money.  

I have heard it said that everything is connected in some way.

Only the techies who use the RSU as downpayment. That is why those 20 some year old come up with downpayment for 1-2 mil entry level homes.

The time it impact home pricing lags about 6-9 months.

It's the opposite side of the teeter-totter.

It is all about finances, probably.

There is always some kind of a connetion

I think it is for more people then we all know.

Yes.

It most definitely is in many, many ways

Yes it is. Things like the 10 year treasury, and consumer confidence, play a big part of the real estate market. Interest rates and the gains or losses in the stock market affect when and if people are buying and investing in real estate