For the foreseeable future, we anticipate dramatic increases in both risk and volatility, particularly when it comes to traditional asset classes. As a result, “alternative investments” are expected to increase substantially as high net worth investors seek new ways to diversify their portfolios and minimize exposure to stock market volatility. The term "alternative investments" includes [...]

Investors have traditionally split their portfolios between the two major asset classes, stocks and bonds (I will leave cash out of this discussion.) More recently, a third asset class has been pushing its way into the portfolios of individual investors and, unlike fashions that come and go, this trend of investing in so-called ‘alternatives’ seems [...]