Adding An Extra Dimension With Alternative Investments
Incorporating alternative investments into your portfolio means adding additional ways of catering to evolving needs. At Hardson Becker Global, we believe broad spectrum asset diversification is the surest way to help our clients achieve their long-term financial goals, while still balancing risk against return.
For those who seek the added financial benefits of using alternative investments as a complementary element in an overall portfolio strategy, we offer diversification through several investment methods.
Alternative investments are not suitable for all investors, and careful consideration is needed before moving ahead.
Some of the alternative investment vehicles we offer are:
Futures and Options
Futures and options trade in a range of markets around the world and aim to identify and profit from rising or falling trends. Such contracts try to hedge market risks involved by locking in the price beforehand. Markets that are commonly traded include financials and commodities. Using a thorough selection process, we help you identify futures and options that best suit your needs.
Private equity
Private equity consists of capital that is not listed on a public exchange. Private equity is composed of funds and investors that directly invest in private companies, or that engage in buyouts of public companies, resulting in the delisting of public equity. Hardson Becker Global will assist you in the selection of private equity investments that will best complement your portfolio.
Hedge funds
A hedge fund is an alternative investment that aims to protect investment portfolios from market uncertainty while generating returns in both rising and falling markets. These are limited partnerships of investors that utilize higher-risk methods, such as borrowing money to invest, in return for the chance to make significant capital gains. They use a wide variety of strategies and can invest in a number of global financial instruments. Hardson Becker Global will assist you in the selection of hedge fund investments that will best complement your portfolio.
You should only invest in hedge funds if you do not need a liquid investment and can accept the potential risk of incurring significant losses.
Commodities
Trading in commodities involves taking an informed view as to whether the price of a specific commodity will rise or fall and placing a bet accordingly on this projected outcome. Commodities trading is for experienced investors as volatile price movements can quickly turn against you as well as move in your favor. This means that there are massive profits to be made as well as huge potential losses.
Commodity trading takes place in four primary categories, Energy, Metals, Livestock and Meat, and Agricultural, with submarkets within those categories.