It calls itself a "global alternative investment and asset management firm."

In addition, there are more alternative investments today than 10 years ago, so gold is less likely to be a preferred investment.

Wine is certainly an alternative investment, and a relatively difficult one to own.

High interest rates are offering nice, and very liquid, alternative investments.

But they may be more costly than some alternative investments after accounting for all the charges.

The lack of alternative investments in this country may also have played a role.

But alternative investments don't take the place of those more traditional assets.

But despite that, there are some advantages to alternative investments.

In order to offset the reduction, the alternative investment used for three years would have had to return 5.47%.

Yes, in the long run, stocks go up, and they offer a better return than bonds or other alternative investments.