It has been a wild week, hearing the gloom and doom on Wall Street with the credit crisis. All That Money You've Lost - Where Did It Go? I found this article to be helpful. Realistically, all that "gain" or "loss" that we see in the market, whether the stock market or the housing market, is all on paper. It only makes a difference if you are looking to buy or sell soon. Otherwise, you just keep the asset, whether on paper (stocks) or the real asset of your house, until later. And most likely it will...