Understanding alternatives

Resources to help you better understand and incorporate alternative investments

An important part of our mission to make alternatives accessible is to make them easier to understand. This page provides comprehensive, clear explainers on all things alts.
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What are alternative investments?

A brief overview outlining the assets and strategies that are classed as alternative investments.

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What are alternative strategies?

The non-conventional methods for managing assets, including shorting and leverage.

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What are alternative assets?

Descriptions and explanations of alt assets, such as commodities, currencies and real estate.

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What are liquid alternatives?

How liquid alts mutual funds and ETFs are designed so as to be easily bought and sold.

CE Course: Why alternatives?

An in-depth explainer of alts and why we believe they should be an essential component of every portfolio.

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Discover Mackenzie’s Accessible Alternatives

Find out about Mackenzie’s suite of alternatives and how we’re making them available to more investors.

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