Infrastructure investments consist of real, long-lived, and capital-intensive assets. They provide essential services to the public. Examples include airports and healthcare facilities. Infrastructural investments have increased due to demand-side growth as well as supply-side growth. A growing number of investors are…

An individual or institution can purchase real property for private use, as an investment, or both. This explains why the real estate residential market consists of individual single-family, detached homes, and multi-family attached units. Commercial real estate includes office buildings,…

Natural resources are assets comprising commodities and raw land utilized for farming and timber.   Commodities may be classified as hard or soft commodities. Hard commodities are mined or extracted. Examples of such commodities are oil, copper, and gold. On…

Hedge funds employ strategies to offer their investors absolute returns (net of fees and taxes). These private funds are actively managed and employ aggressive strategies across asset classes. Characteristics of Hedge Funds Hedge funds invest in many different asset classes…