Achieving Strong Returns in an Uncertain Investing Environment

A look at minimizing risk through mortgage investments, an often-overlooked alternative investment option.

By Elliot M. Shirwo | Updated on August 08, 2018

LOS ANGELES—Talk of an overheated stock market, as evidence by recent pullbacks, is growing louder. This is giving investors and those who advise them reason to seek alternatives that can deliver strong returns, while keeping risk in check.

With a relaxed regulatory environment, major changes to the U.S. tax code and an overall recovery from the Great Recession, equities have surged in recent years. Although this has been a boon for investors in most categories and the economy as a whole, nothing goes in the same direction forever. The signs are getting clearer that the stock market could be due for a significant correction, or at least an extended period of sideways trading.

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