5 star rating

Excellent intro to Alternative Investments

Drew Kerr

Overall, I found that this course was an excellent intro to the topic of Alternative Investments. The modules were concise and the interviews with Nicolas Ra...

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Overall, I found that this course was an excellent intro to the topic of Alternative Investments. The modules were concise and the interviews with Nicolas Rabener & Matt Smith were a nice touch as well. Kudos to George.

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5 star rating

Great course!

Romy G.

I really enjoyed it and learned a ton. I feel it covered a LOT of topicsand managed to talk about the quantitative aspects of alternative investments while k...

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I really enjoyed it and learned a ton. I feel it covered a LOT of topicsand managed to talk about the quantitative aspects of alternative investments while keeping me entertained. That made it a lot easier to go through the lessons after a long day at work.

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5 star rating

excellent

kesley iyere

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5 star rating

Consice and informative

omkar mistry

Awesome course for beginner in alternative investments space. concise ,structured , informative and helpful

Awesome course for beginner in alternative investments space. concise ,structured , informative and helpful

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Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the Alternative Investments Course

    • Introduction to the course

  • 2

    Alternatives Today

  • 3

    Approaching Alts as an Outsider: Key Concepts

    • Returns: Not all Data is Created Equal

    • Risk Adjusted Returns Ratios

    • Fees - Overview and Key Considerations

    • Risk Management (YouTube Video + Risk Alerts)

    • Sources of Return

    • Alpha

    • Liquidity

    • Standard Deviation & Distribution

    • How Illiquid Assets Flow

  • 4

    Insiders' Tips & Tricks for Outsiders

    • Novelty in Asset Classes

    • Historical Returns - A critical look

    • Inside a Hedge Fund: What's missing at Axe Capital?

    • The volatility question for private assets

  • 5

    Due Diligence: Alternative Strategies

    • Alternative Strategies

    • Smart Beta, Alternative Beta and their limits - Nicolas Rabener

    • Alternative Data

  • 6

    Due Diligence: Private Equity

    • Introduction to Private Equity

    • Private Equity: LBOs & VCs from Billions

    • Private Equity Beyond the Hype

    • Differentiating a VC - Matthew Ford from Mouro Capital

    • Private Equity Quiz

  • 7

    Due Diligence: Investing in Art

    • Masterworks Part 1: The Art of Data Manipulation

    • Masterworks Part 2: The picture is too perfect

  • 8

    Due Diligence: Real Estate (via REITs)

    • Introduction to Real Estate Investing via REITs

    • The REITs Pitch

    • REITS and ACTUAL Property Exposure

    • The True Nature of REIT Yields

    • Sector REITs

    • BONUS: Blackstone's BREIT - the fund equivalent of Succession's Logan Roy?

  • 9

    Looking ahead: Trends & Themes in the Alternative Space

    • The evolution of regulation

    • The Regulation Opportunity, an interview with Matt Smith, CEO of SteelEye - a leading RegTech firm

    • Bonus: Quantitative Execution Strategies

    • Current Industry Themes & Challenges

    • Final Thoughts & Next Steps

    • Your Opinion Matters

  • 10

    BONUS: Yield Investing in Defi (Course on Solana initially published in 2021)

    • Preliminary Warnings on DeFi

    • Introducing Solana and Self Custory Wallets

    • Fiat to Defi

    • Lending

    • Borrowing

    • Ask yourself

    • Staking

    • Liquidity provider

    • Risk & Rewards