Muchos inversores están buscando inversiones alternativas en cuanto que los rendimientos financieros que obtienen con unos mercados financieros de rumbo incierto no les compensa el riesgo asumido y esto lo hemos visto con la bolsa a los mismos niveles de hace diez años, la baja rentabilidad que ofrece la renta fija y la evolución del precio de los inmuebles en los últimos años.
En este artículo se habla de la baja correlación que hay con otras inversiones financieras. La correlación alude a que los mercados muchas veces se comportan de forma mimética y cuando cae uno caen los otros. Un ejemplo de correlación positiva suele ser el petróleo y la bolsa. Uno de correlación negativa son los bonos y la bolsa, cuando cae uno suele subir el otro. En este caso dice que la correlación es prácticamente nula, cada inversión sigue su ciclo por lo que invertir en inversiones alternativas puede conllevar que el resultado de la inversión total de un patrimonio sea menos errática, suele compensar unos movimientos con los otros.
Alternative Investments Advantages
Many people have suffered large losses as a result of the financial crisis. These large losses have made people seek out alternative investments as a way of protecting themselves. These investments do themselves come with risks and we will be looking at some of these today.
Why are alternative investments a good idea? Well many of them have a low correlation with traditional assets. This means if one goes up or down then the movement of the other is likely to be unrelated. This helps you in trying to perverse you wealth as it adds a further degree of diversification.
I just want to go over why it is so important to diversify through alternative investments. Traditional investments such as stocks, property, bonds and cash have performed badly on average. The stock market is less than its value 10 years ago. There have been housing bubbles popping as the credit dries up and interest rates are so low that the real value of cash is in decline.
This is not to say that all alternative investments are a great idea. You just need to be open to the idea. Investments in stamps, art, antiques and other collectables have some disadvantages which we will go through now.
Are there any drawbacks? Well firstly the market tends to be quite illiquid. If you decide you want to sell you can’t just call up your broker and arrange a deal. If you need to change your position quickly then you might not be able to do it.
A further disadvantage of alternative investments is the lack of data required to establish a price. Where the market is small it often struggles to agree on a fair price for an asset. If you are the person who hasn’t got all the information available to you then you are likely to be on the wrong end of the deal. That said, if you were to learn a little about the market then there are huge profits to be made.
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