It’s that time of year to sit back, relax, and enjoy your time with family. After the novelty of sitting around people you haven’t seen for a while wears off, your eccentric cousin (let’s call him Tom) is going to mention the state of the economy, and probably the recent interest rate hike. Which might lead to a conversation about your investment strategy, which should lead to your conversation about having a balanced portfolio that includes investments with diverse return drivers.

You’ll mention Disney stock since the Star Wars premiere, you’ll mention Netflix, and maybe what happened to MLPs the past couple months. But will Alternative Investments get mentioned?

Sure you’ve done some googling about Alternative Investments, but it all seems confusing and complex. You’re interested, but you just don’t want to take the wrong step into the realm of Alternative. OR you get alternatives – but you don’t know how to choose the right manager.

Reading article after article on alternative investments only gets you so far. It might be time to take the next step and learn about alternatives first hand. That’s where we come in. We’re gathering some of the best Alternative Investment managers in Miami, January 27^th, to discuss:

• What type of Alternative Investment are out there, and how they can differ from each other
• How to access alternatives via mutual funds, private funds, and custom structures
• How the world will look different in a world of rising interest rates (last seen before there was such a thing as an iPhone)
• 5 specific Alternative Investments you can make now to add diversification to your portfolio

At the very least, you can be the family member to who knows what they’re talking about when it comes to portfolio diversification.