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Title: OTHER INVESTMENTS


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OTHER INVESTMENTS Savings and Investing
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Investing in Real Estate
  • Real estate is land and any buildings on it
  • Direct investment in vacant land, single family
    home, condominium, duplex, and recreation
    properties
  • Indirect real estate investment
  • Real estate syndicate pool investor money to
    purchase high value real estate
  • Real estate investment trust (REIT) is similar to
    a mutual fund
  • Can buy or sell REIT shares

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Real Estate (contd)
  • Participation certificate investment in a pool
    of mortgages that have been purchased by a
    government agency
  • Govt National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
  • Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (Freddie Mac)
  • Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie
    Mae)
  • Mortgage is a loan to purchase real estate
  • Depreciation is a decline in the value of a
    property due to normal wear and tear

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Metals, Gems Collectables
  • Speculative investments
  • Potential storage issues
  • Indirect investments (shares in gold mining
    company)
  • Resale market is usually small

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Financial Instruments
  • Commodities include farm products and metals
  • Volatile prices due to non market and political
    risk
  • Futures - contracts to buy and sell commodities
    or stocks for a specified price on a specified
    date in the future
  • Option is a right, not the obligation, to buy or
    sell a commodity or stock for a specified price
    within a specified time period
  • Call option right to buy
  • Put option right to sell
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