What is Alternative Investment?

By definition, an alternative investment is an asset class that does not fall into the same category as traditional investments such as cash, stocks or bonds. This asset class allow institutional and accredited investors to diversify their portfolios into different investments not directly correlated to the stock market, thus increasing overall diversification. Furthermore, investing in real assets as alternative investments provide an effective hedge against inflation.

These non-correlated assets allow for:

Increased diversification

Inflation hedge

Reduced volatility

Type of Alternative Investments:

Private Equity Funds

REITs

Hedge Funds