I’m always on the lookout for new investment opportunities. The simplest and easiest way to invest is in stocks and bonds.
However, I do like to explore other possibilities with a small portion of my investments. It’s just more fun that way.
I asked the Claude 3 Opus AI to give me a list of 120 asset classes that I could explore. The list it gave me appears to be sorted with the generally more popular investment asset classes at the top. Towards the bottom of the list, we have extremely obscure investment opportunities, such as viatical settlements and freight derivatives. Interesting stuff.
Here’s the list:
- Stocks
- Bonds
- Real Estate
- Commodities
- Mutual Funds
- Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
- Cryptocurrencies
- Private Equity
- Hedge Funds
- Cash and Cash Equivalents
- Collectibles
- Peer-to-Peer Lending
- Equity Crowdfunding
- Annuities
- Precious Metals
- Intellectual Property
- Venture Capital
- Farmland
- Timberland
- Infrastructure
- Microfinance
- Sovereign Wealth Funds
- Distressed Securities
- Structured Products
- Life Settlements
- Royalties
- Insurance-Linked Securities
- Litigation Finance
- Green Investments
- Opportunity Zone Funds
- Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs)
- Real Estate Crowdfunding
- Options and Futures Contracts
- Tax Lien Certificates
- Mineral Rights
- Carbon Credits
- Water Rights
- Shipping Containers
- Equipment Leasing
- Convertible Securities
- Preferred Stocks
- Closed-End Funds
- Business Development Companies (BDCs)
- Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs)
- Frontier Markets
- Catastrophe Bonds
- Music Royalties
- Film Financing
- Sports Franchises
- Whiskey and Other Spirits
- Art Funds
- Wine Funds
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Numismatic Coins
- Stamp Collections
- Vintage Cars
- Jewelry
- Memorabilia
- Domain Names
- Timber REITs
- Farmland REITs
- Cell Tower REITs
- Data Center REITs
- Self-Storage REITs
- Mortgage REITs
- Airline Leasing
- Railcar Leasing
- Pharmaceutical Royalties
- Restaurant Franchises
- Hotel Franchises
- Auto Dealership Franchises
- Digital Advertising
- Esports Teams
- Social Impact Bonds
- Catastrophe Equity Puts
- Longevity Risk Transfers
- Litigation Funding
- Mineral Exploration
- Oil and Gas Drilling Partnerships
- Solar Energy Installations
- Wind Energy Installations
- Energy Storage Systems
- Waste Management Facilities
- Water Treatment Plants
- Toll Roads
- Airports
- Seaports
- Parking Facilities
- Broadcast Spectrum Licenses
- Fishing Quotas
- Taxi Medallions
- Carbon Capture and Storage
- Virtual Real Estate
- In-Game Items and Currencies
- Digital Collectibles (NFTs)
- Viatical Settlements
- Factoring
- Trade Finance
- Pension Fund Buy-Ins
- Structured Settlements
- Cocoa Futures
- Coffee Futures
- Lumber Futures
- Uranium Futures
- Volatility Index (VIX) Futures
- Livestock (Cattle, Hogs) Futures
- Electricity Futures
- Emissions Allowances
- Intellectual Property Futures
- Real Estate Equity Derivatives
- Catastrophe Derivatives
- Cryptocurrency Derivatives
- Weather Derivatives
- Freight Derivatives
- Commodity-Linked Notes
- Equity-Linked Notes
- Credit-Linked Notes
- Sukuk (Islamic Bonds)
- Inflation-Linked Bonds
- Perpetual Bonds