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Chapter 9: Alternative Investments

Chapter 9: Alternative Investments explains the core concepts, key definitions, and practical implications you need for solid analysis. It highlights common pitfalls and the intuition behind the methods so the results are interpreted correctly.

In this section

  • Alternative Investment Features, Methods, and Structures
    Alternative Investment Features, Methods, and Structures: Explains Characteristics of Alternative Investments and Motivations for Investing in Alternatives with clear explanations, key formulas, and worked examples, plus practice questions with explanations for CFA Level 1.
  • Alternative Investment Performance and Returns
    Alternative Investment Performance and Returns: Explains Understanding the Nature of Alternative Investment Returns and Common Performance Measures with clear explanations, key formulas, and worked examples, plus practice questions with explanations for CFA Level 1.
  • Investments in Private Capital: Equity and Debt
    Investments in Private Capital: Equity and Debt: Explains Overview of Private Equity and Venture Capital (VC) with clear explanations, key formulas, and worked examples, plus practice questions with explanations for CFA Level 1.
  • Real Estate and Infrastructure
    Real Estate and Infrastructure: Explains Introduction to Real Estate Investing and Key Characteristics of Real Estate with clear explanations, key formulas, and worked examples, plus practice questions with explanations for CFA Level 1.
  • Natural Resources
    Natural Resources: Explains Natural Resources Knowledge Check and Raw land typically offers returns through: with clear explanations, key formulas, and worked examples, plus practice questions with explanations for CFA Level 1.
  • Hedge Funds: Strategies, Fees, and Private Investments
    Hedge Funds: Strategies, Fees, and Private Investments: Explains Hedge Fund Overview and Key Hedge Fund Features with clear explanations, key formulas, and worked examples, plus practice questions with explanations for CFA Level 1.
  • Introduction to Digital Assets
    Introduction to Digital Assets: Explains Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology and Key Characteristics with clear explanations, key formulas, and worked examples, plus practice questions with explanations for CFA Level 1.

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