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Liquid alternatives (liquid alts) are alternative investment strategies that are available through alternative investment vehicles such as mutual funds, ETF ==Growth of liquid alternative strategies== Launches of liquid alts funds have tripled since 2009 and are predicted to reach $2 trillion.〔(Liquid alts like go-go days of ETFs blogs.barrons.com/focusonfunds/2013/12/06/goldman-on-liquid-alts-like-the-go-go-days-of-etfs/ )〕 Major drivers for the growth in liquid alternative funds include: *"The 2008 crisis has fundamentally changed investors’ priorities from a main emphasis on investment returns and alpha generation to an emphasis on diversification and downside protection (or principal preservation), especially in the case of a steep market downdraft" *"...investors have had the investment wind in their backs for decades with strong equity markets backed by strong economic growth and appreciating bond markets. They are now faced with extremely low interest rates and slow and uncertain economic growth. The result has been a rethinking of the traditional 60/40 stock/bond portfolio that has been the mainstay of investments" *"Complicating the issue is the changes in the investment management industry in terms of organization and scale of the companies, the host of new products, and the changes in the investment paradigm that has governed the industry for the past four decades. Individuals and institutions have been struggling to develop portfolio strategies to meet their changing needs. The role of alternative investments in investor portfolios has been an important part of this development." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Liquid alternative investment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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