real estate investment trusts

Investing in Real Estate

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The most successful investors know that it is best to allocate investment across several asset classes whose returns are not completely correlated with each other.  Most of them have assets in cash, equities (stocks), debt instruments (bonds) and real estate.  The latter asset class, real estate, is frequently under-represented in investors’ portfolios, but real estate … Read more

Alternative Investments

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Traditional investments include cash, bonds and of course, stocks. Alternative investments are typically higher risk because of the trading styles, limited regulations and lack of liquidity. Alternative investments also have high minimum investment amounts and charge a higher fee to manage portfolios. Four common types of alternative capital investments are venture capital funds, hedge funds, … Read more