Talk:Alternative investment

Trading Strategy Index
I added a link to the Trading Strategy Index article in this piece, however it was removed on the basis that this is covered by Derivative (finance). While trading strategy indices may use financial derivatives, as do hedge funds (also listed), they are formal indices, and I do not believe it is market practice to refer to indices as derivatives seen in the investopedia definition. I do appreciate that trading strategy indices are not as commonly known as the other assets mentions, but it is a growing universe. We would therefore propose to add this back into this page. Clear Alpha Limited 09:16, 19 July 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by ClearAlpha (talk • contribs)

Investing in forests
Although this is allready partially explained, see here, it still does not discuss the extra merits forests can provide: ie advancement of engineering trough bionics (from insects, animals found in forests), ecologic system services (supply of air, ...) See Canopy Capital and Cool Earth

However, these companies have some issues for investors:

With Carbon Capital, it's not possible to buy ie a specific areas of (ie rain)forest, nor can any forests be chosen that are specifically located within biodiversity hotspots (which I too would like).

What most people actually would like to invest in, is in the purchase of a section of rainforest in a biodiversity hotspot. It should be something where the investor buys a "share" or simply buys the land directly (yet with the promise of being a safe investment, ie protected by an organisation) and then sees his shares, or simply the value of the plot he bought go up over time.

Cool Earth and Rainforest Concern are charities, and so don't act as an investment (giving no financial return/value whatsoever on the investment done). World Land Trust and Rainforest Action Network also works similarly.

The following organisations may also prove useful to help set up a forest land sale scheme:
 * Clean air action
 * idesam
 * trees for the future
 * forestsalive.com
 * forest-trends
 * rainforestfund.org
 * amazonwatch.org
 * ntfp.org
 * endangeredspeciesinternational.org
 * fas-amazonas.org
 * incra.gov.br
 * rainforestuk.org

Besides the fact that the forests houses species that can be useful for technological advances (-ie bionics-), the forests themselves also work as carbon stores (see carbon sequestration and/or also provide fuel (wood). It seems like this could be a pretty safe and ecological investment to make, especially at current times, if indeed these things are incorporated.

80.200.238.94 (talk) 12:41, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

Farmland as investment
Is it alternative or traditional? Ain92 (talk) 22:02, 9 June 2021 (UTC)