In a traditional retirement account at work or at a typical bank or brokerage your IRA investment choices are limited to a typical mix of publicly traded investments such as stocks, bonds mutual funds and ETFs.
However, the IRS also allows you to invest retirement funds in non-publicly traded opportunities. Alternative investments, typically with a long-term focus can be a good match for “long term” retirement funds.
Consider the power of an IRA that let’s you:
A promise to repay a borrowed sum of money by a specified maturity date
Companies not publicly traded such as startups, early stage or growing companies that are raising capital
Platforms allowing access to many different types of assets such as private stock in startups
