Alternative Investment: Unlocking New Gains

Andrew Leung
3 min readMay 11, 2022
Photo by Possessed Photography on Unsplash

When most people think of investing, they think about the stock market and real estate. And this is rightfully so, the stock market has been generating wealth for some of the richest people in the world and many others. Real estate has been generating both cash for investors and raising net worth for decades. A lesser known investment is alternative investments, which are neither stocks nor real estate. Alternative investments and their value are not tied to stock market or housing market. They can be things like collectibles, art, or other valuable assets. Here are 5 benefits of alternative investments and things that are helpful to know to determine if alternative investments are right for you.

  1. They are all around you.

Some of the most valuable pieces of alternative investments are collectibles. You can walk into just about any store and find things that will be more valuable later or valuable now. While its hard to know which ones will grow the most, especially when you look at recent trends so as Pokemon cards and Yu-gi-oh cards.

2. Intellectual Property

They are a lot of ways that intellectual property. Some of the ways that you can use intellectual property is buying rights to domains or music/film rights. Other things you could be investing in are patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and…

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Andrew Leung

I will be sharing the plain and honest: truths, pros and cons as well as my experiences of Personal Finance, Side Hustles, and Investing.