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Adding alternative investments to your portfolio

Private equity, real estate, hedge funds and commodities can be good diversifiers, but be wary of the costs.

Published Sun, May 31, 2015 · 09:50 PM

    YOUR financial adviser is suggesting adding alternative investments to your portfolio. What does that mean?

    Most of your portfolio probably goes up and down together with markets. Maybe a bit more, maybe a bit less.

    However, some of your more specialised investments, such as sector funds or country funds, might move a little more independently from the rest of your portfolio.