It is incredibly easy to make the wrong business decision due to inadequate information however, there are instances where the information needed to make the right decision is available, but the investor still makes the wrong decision because they did not examine the information properly. This article aims at providing useful tools and tips on …
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Welcome to a new week! Last week, we discussed Real Estate as a form of alternative investments. If you are yet to read that article, you should get right on it. This week, we shall be discussing the following forms of alternative investments. Mutual Fund: In mutual funds investing, there is no high minimum investment …
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Sequel to the article published last week which covers the general overview of alternative investments, this article is to explain the categories of alternative investments. As previously established, alternative investments are less regulated and less transparent than the traditional investments. Also, they have relatively low correlation of returns with the traditional investments. Alternative investments comprise …
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Alternative investments are financial assets that are not the traditional investments such as stocks, bonds, debt securities or cash. They are held by an institutional investor because of their complex nature, regulation and degree of risk. Examples of alternative investments include venture capital or private equity, mutual funds, hedge funds, private debt, real estate, alternative …
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Assume your Investment over 20 years is a high rise building, the ground floor is your Principal (Initial investment) and as each year passes you build an additional floor and at the end of the 20th year you end up having a 50 floor high rise. Keep up! You will understand. Compound Interest is the …
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