Owning song rights entitles you to royalties which are paid out each time the song is played or reproduced.
Top investors buy directly from record companies, but with platforms like Royalty Exchange, SongVest, and Royal.io everyday investors can bid for the rights to songs & catalogs. Returns come from royalty payments as well as future appreciation.
Movies and broadway provide investment opportunities as well.
We research and write about these topics from time to time. Follow if you’re interested.
This week, we revisit film bridge lending, explain how receivables-backed loans in film actually work, and map the implications for investors seeking short-duration, collateralized private credit exposure.
Today, we’re revisiting music royalties, unpacking why major investment vehicles have underperformed, and breaking down how a roll-up model could reshape returns for income-focused investors.
This week’s Alts Community spotlights Maritime I’s upcoming Q&A, a 91% IRR film bridge loan, Blue Owl’s redemption halt, and sharp member debates shaping private market risk and opportunity.
This week’s Alts Community spotlights the Maritime I deep-sea salvage deal, fresh member debates, global meetups, and new opportunities shaping alternative investing across borders.
This week’s Alts Community spotlights a deep-sea salvage deal, fresh exits and live opportunities, active member debates, and early-year meetups shaping alternative investing momentum in 2026.
This week’s Alts Community spotlights live deals in women’s pro sports and film lending, flags fresh risks in wine investing, and unpacks member debates reshaping art, prediction markets, and global opportunities.
Today, we’re revisiting a hot topic from 2025 that everyone seems to have forgotten about or simply accepted.
This week’s Alts spotlights red-hot film co-invest deals with eye-popping IRRs.
This week’s Alts Community update tees up a new way for Altea members to co-invest deal-by-deal as the Film Co-Invest pipeline overflows, while Auto I hits an early milestone with a fast capital rotation. Plus: polls, new spaces, fresh debates, and 2026 forecasts.
Major labels spent nearly two years suing AI-music startups. Now they’re licensing them. We break down why the shift happened, what’s in the deals, and what it means for artists, rights, and investors.
This week’s WC kicks off the end of the year for us, and that means a three-part series:
Today: Where America’s at and how it got here
Dec 10: Where America’s going: Brazilification vs The Abundance Paradox (Altea members get a sneak peek)
Dec 17: Where to put your money
(Dec 24-31: Leave me alone, I’m tired)
This week’s WC tracks the quiet fade of prompt engineering as models and users level up, weighs whether the AI “bubble” panic holds up against real-time checklists, and digs into why sharp storytelling still decides who wins in film, alternatives, and tech—complete with charts, curiosities, and clever breakdowns.
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.
