Recently qualified but haven't done anything with it. Also what percentage of your portfolio do you allocate to these "sophisticated" investments?
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What to Do After Qualifying for Accredited Investor Status:
Portfolio Allocation to Sophisticated Investments:
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Sources: https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/the-only-post-about-active-investing-you-will-ever-need-to-read?customgpt=1, Long term, concentrated, deep fundamental investing, Qualities of a Great Investor, Qualities of a Great Investor, Q&A: 3rd Year Hedge Fund Analyst
It literally doesn't make a difference whatsoever unless you're trying to invest with PE/VC/other institutionally-backed funds as an LP or angel invest. It's such an arbitrary designation I'm honestly surprised it still exists. Having money =/= being more sophisticated and not having money =/= inherently make you unsophisticated.
This is a pretty naive response. Whether or not you use that status, it opens up a whole new world of investment opportunities that were once excluded to you as an individual.
With smaller check sizes, angel investing is now an option. With larger check sizes, some of the best asset classes in the world are also available (i.e, LP in a fund), oil wells, alternatives.
Some of the largest and most important companies are private / continue delaying public listings. By being accredited, you’re no longer constrained to publicly traded securities and can participate in secondaries.
What's your allocation into these assets? 10%? 20%? But also, beside certain private companies/startups, don't the best funds use their own money/very limited circles of investors anyways? Are there any way to leverage up these private investments the same way options/3xETF are for public market?
Nah, this is the naive response. "Recently qualified" means your net worth is probably just over $1m or you have had a lower six fig salary for a couple years. Good for you, but that likely shouldn't suddenly spur an immediate change in asset allocation. The last thing your wealth needs at those levels is the combination of high fees + zero liquidity, which would describe most of the accredited funds you can afford to allocate to. Don't fall into the trap of thinking you need to invest in the "sophisticated", "best" (whatever that means, I'm not sure) asset classes, when public equities are low cost, highly liquid, long track record of performance, and regulated (at least somewhat, in your favor to prevent ponzi frauds you might encounter in small private funds). Also, to the comment below, don't try to leverage a portfolio of private assets that also likely are leveraged. Let the leverage come from the GPs, be it a single asset CRE acquisition that is loaded up with debt nonrecourse to you or in a PE fund that does LBOs, that's much safer to your wealth than doing the borrowing on your side.
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