The Only Guide to Alternative Investments You'll Ever Need: The Good, the Flawed, the Bad, and the Ugly
The rewards of carefully chosen alternative investments can be great. But many investors don’t know enough about unfamiliar investments to make wise choices. For that reason, financial advisers Larry Swedroe and Jared Kizer designed this book to bring investors up to speed on the twenty most popular alternative investments:\ Real estate, Inflation-protected securities, Commodities, International equities, Fixed annuities, Stable-value funds, High-yield (junk) bonds, Private equity...
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In the third book in the popular The Only Guide You'll Ever Need series, the authors detail 20 alternative investments, explaining which to consider seriously during times of uncertainty—and which to avoid entirely.
List of TablesPt. 1 The Good1 Real Estate 32 Inflation-Protected Securities 233 Commodities 414 International Equities 635 Fixed Annuities 796 Stable-Value Funds 91Pt. 2 The Flawed7 High-Yield (Junk) Bonds 1018 Private Equity (Venture Capital) 1239 Covered Calls 13510 Socially Responsible Mutual Funds 14111 Precious Metals Equities 14712 Preferred Stocks 15513 Convertible Bonds 16314 Emerging Market Bonds 169Pt. 3 The Bad15 Hedge Funds 18116 Leveraged Buyouts 21317 Variable Annuities 215Pt. 4 The Ugly18 Equity-Indexed Annuities 22919 Structured Investment Products 23520 Leveraged Funds 247Final Thoughts 251Notes 253Glossary 263Recommended Reading 275Sources of Data 277Index 279
