Alternative alternatives : risk returns and investment strategy / Sona Blessing.

"In the aftermath of the financial crisis, investors are searching for new opportunities and products to safeguard their investments for the future. Riding high on the wave of new financial opportunities are Alternative Alternatives (AA). However, there is a dearth of information on what Altern...

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Main Author: Blessing, Sona
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Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley, 2011.
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520 |a "This book will be a one stop resource to the new investment class known globally as Alternative Alternatives (AA)"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
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