The investment landscape has changed dramatically over the last fewyears, destroying many of the old certainties by which investorslived their lives. In particular, it has shaken belief in theability of traditional asset types such as bonds and equities toprotect them from abnormal market conditions, and it has broughthome how closely correlation between different markets can besqueezed together by extreme pressure. Future investors will have to regard so-called "alternative"assets as essential elements within their portfolios, and beprepared to deal with the complexities that this will entail. Thiswill in turn force a re-appraisal of core concepts such as "risk"and "return", not least because some alternative asset classes donot lend themselves well to traditional return measures. Excitingtimes lie ahead, but a thorough working knowledge of the variousalternative asset classes will be an essential pre-requisite tosuccess, and perhaps even to survival. Alternative Assets meets investor's need for a guide onwhere to allocate in this new climate. It provides investors with aprimer on each alternative asset class, as well as practical tipson the pros and cons, implementation, returns analysis, fees andcosts. It also offers introductory guidance on how to setinvestment targets, and how alternative assets can be accommodatedwithin the allocation process. Each chapter gives useful backgroundknowledge on a particular asset type, including a discussion ofwhether a satisfactory beta return level exists and, if so, thedifferent ways in which it might be accessed. Written by best-selling author Guy Fraser-Sampson, this bookguides investors through the new look alternative investment arena,providing post-financial crisis perspective and investment adviceon the alternatives landscape.weiterlesen