Provided by James R. Martin, Ph.D., CMA
Professor Emeritus, University of South Florida
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Alternative investments include a variety of assets other than the conventional categories of stocks, bonds, and cash. Examples include antiques, coins, collectables, commodities, crytocurrency, derivative contracts, discounted mortgages, farm land, fine art, hedge funds, life settlements, litigation funding, mineral rights, private debt, real estate, royalties, tax lien certificates, timberland, venture capital, and weather derivatives.