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Alternative Investments

Exploring alternative investments to tailor unique opportunities aligned to your investment profile.

 

Most people have heard of traditional investments, such as equities, bonds, mutual funds, and cash, used in most Madelor portfolios. For some categories of investors, looking at lesser-known investments that carry higher risks and the potential of higher rewards suits their investing profile.

Our ability to align your goals with an individualized portfolio strategy sets us apart and is essential to create tailor-made solutions. Explore the range of available strategies and discover how we formulate an approach that perfectly suits you.

One of the more recent additions to the alternative investment space is cryptocurrencies, the most well-recognized being Bitcoin and Ethereum. These digital currencies use secure blockchain technology, heighten privacy, and offer unique, higher-risk opportunities.

Some of the range of Alternative Investments that can be considered include:

Venture Capital: Investing in startups and companies in their early stages allows you to get in at the ground floor and generate huge profits if all goes well, but losses are frequent.

Private Equity: Investing in private companies offers the potential for substantial returns over the long term by providing capital in exchange for equity ownership and can also entitle participation in management decisions strategy.

Hedge Funds: Investment funds that employ various strategies, including leverage and derivatives, to generate returns irrespective of market conditions and offer the chance to benefit from highly specialized investment expertise.

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs): A way to invest in real estate through companies that own or finance income-producing properties, often focusing on commercial or residential assets, that allow you to invest in real estate without the headache of physically owning property.

Commodities: Gold, sugar, coffee, oil, natural gas, orange juice, agricultural products, and many other everyday goods can be traded and act as a hedge against inflation while adding tangible assets to a portfolio.

Derivatives: Trading in financial contracts, such as futures and options. Derivatives derive their value from an underlying asset, a collection of assets, or a benchmark and provide leveraged exposure and risk mitigation tools.

It should be highlighted that alternative investments often have higher risks and are more illiquid than traditional holdings such as equities and bonds. Before adding alternatives to a high-risk, diversified investment portfolio, due diligence, proper risk assessment, and diversification are crucial.

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