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MODULE 09 — Alternative Investments
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ALT 1 Alternative Investment Features, Methods, and Structures
What sets alternatives apart from traditional assets, how investors access them, and how ownership and fees are structured. Check-yourself items are study aids. What makes an investment alternative Al
ALT 2 Alternative Investment Performance and Returns
How the long life cycle, leverage, valuation, and layered fees of alternatives shape the returns investors actually keep. Check-yourself items are study aids. The investment life cycle and performance
ALT 3 Investments in Private Capital: Equity and Debt
How private equity and private debt are raised, structured, exited, and used to diversify a portfolio. Check-yourself items are study aids. Private Capital, Equity, and Debt Private capital is the umb
ALT 4 Real Estate and Infrastructure
How real estate and infrastructure assets are structured, how their returns arise, and where each sits on the risk and return spectrum. Check-yourself items are study aids. Real Estate and Infrastruct
ALT 5 Natural Resources
How raw land, timberland, farmland, and commodities behave as investments, and how carry, convenience yield, and inflation shape their returns. Check-yourself items are study aids. Land, Timberland, a
ALT 6 Hedge Funds
How hedge funds are structured, the strategies they run, and what they add to a portfolio. Check-yourself items are study aids. Hedge Fund Investment Features A hedge fund is a private pooled investme
ALT 7 Introduction to Digital Assets
CFA LEVEL 1 · ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENTS Introduction to Digital Assets Distributed ledgers, the main kinds of coin and token, how investors hold them, and where their risk and return come from. C