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Alternative investments can be a way to add diversification to your portfolio if the assets have a low correlation with traditional investments like stocks and bonds, meaning they tend to move in ...
Sustainable finance. v. t. e. A British 1 shilling embossed stamp, typical of the type included in an investment portfolio of stamps. An alternative investment, also known as an alternative asset or alternative investment fund (AIF), [1] is an investment in any asset class excluding capital stocks, bonds, and cash. [2]
Alternative investments are nontraditional investments beyond the more typical stocks, bonds or mutual funds. No matter if you have short-term or long-term strategies, the main reason for investing...
10 Examples of Alternative Investments. The following list encompasses some common types of alternative investments and alternative strategies available to investors today. 1. Real Estate
Examples of alternative investments would be: Real Estate, precious metals, private mortgages, private company stock, oil and gas LPs, horses, and intellectual property. These types of assets require a specialization on the part of the custodian due to the complexity of the documentation required to keep the alternative investments in ...
Closed-end fund. A closed-end fund, also known as a closed-end mutual fund, [1][2][3][4] is an investment vehicle fund that raises capital by issuing a fixed number of shares at its inception, and then invests that capital in financial assets such as stocks and bonds. After inception it is closed to new capital, although fund managers sometimes ...
Open-end fund. Open-end fund (or open-ended fund) is a collective investment scheme that can issue and redeem shares at any time. An investor will generally purchase shares in the fund directly from the fund itself, rather than from the existing shareholders. The term contrasts with a closed-end fund, which typically issues at the outset all ...
Alternative Investment Market. AIM (formerly the Alternative Investment Market) is a sub-market of the London Stock Exchange that was launched on 19 June 1995 as a replacement to the previous Unlisted Securities Market (USM) that had been in operation since 1980. It allows companies that are smaller, less-developed, or want/need a more flexible ...