Tiptoeing around alternative investments

growing up I had a passion for listening to 80s pop music. But not everyone liked being part of the crowd and so “alternative music” was born and became a thing. It seemed so much “cooler” (80s slang) albeit a bit “darker” than pop as the artists brought out the wilder side of music. It was different and different somehow seems more exciting and mysterious, but different is not always properly understood or appreciated.

A little like today in the investment space, traditional run-of-the-mill investing is familiar to the crowd,