Since the beginning, we’ve been dedicated to analyzing unique investment ideas. And boy, there is simply a ton of interesting stuff to collect, invest, and put your money into.
We take alts very seriously, but we also like to have some fun. While the offbeat stuff doesn’t necessarily give the best returns (or even hold its value particularly well) it’s fascinating to learn more about the world of options out there.
Today, we’re revisiting Japan as an investment landscape, unpacking its tourism boom, century-old companies, and niche manufacturing strengths—and what these overlapping trends could mean for investors.
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the line between gambling and investing. Mostly because it feels like that line is evaporating — and the drumbeat around this theme is getting louder.
We explore the economics of 17th-century pirates and today’s NFL players, weighing treasure, risk, and reward to see who came out ahead.
Inheritance is the biggest financial event most people ever face, but it often comes too late to make a real difference. Forward Inhertiance is using HEIs to speed things up.
Fonts are everywhere, but few know how they’re made, who owns them, or how designers get paid. We explore the economics of typeface design — from Monotype’s monopoly to font royalties.
Flying cars are real—but the real action is in the airspace they need to operate. From China to Vegas, we explore who’s building, who’s winning, and who’s falling out of the sky.
America’s traffic ticket industrial complex is profitable, but broken. We explore how fines fund cities, Chicago’s parking meter disaster, and why AVs may be the disruption we didn’t know we needed.
Cat bonds offer ~10% yields but risk total loss in disasters. Driven mainly by hurricanes, this market has had a banner two years — and retail investors will soon get access.
Glamping is a world where customers pay luxury prices for a product that costs barely more than the land it sits on. With rising demand, high margins & hotel brands entering the space, it’s worth exploring.
Prediction markets are surprisingly bad at forecasting individual events. Learn why prices are not probabilities, and how to use the Brier Score to your trading advantage.
Private firefighting insurance may seem like a modern, “late stage capitalism” concept, but its roots stretch back thousands of years.
In the world of financial markets, there are only numbers and trends, but they’ll take you a long way. Each profitable trade
We create indices for eclectic modern alts. We’ve got a vinyl index, a whiskey index, and more. This helps us find the best buying opportunities for our alternative investment fund
We wrap everything up with a rich qualitative analysis. You’ll understand the pros & cons of investing in all sorts of alternative asset classes.
