Most Interesting/Bizarre Asset You've Heard of?

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, but I was wondering what sort of assets you've heard of people/funds looking at outside the traditional stocks/bonds/real estate. Some examples I've heard of

  1. Bundles of Taxi Medallions
  2. Tankers in the Arctic
  3. Viatical Settlements
 

I keep hearing about a new "invest in athletes" thing where you can buy a share of a prospective athletes future earnings or something. Sort of another version of Bowie bonds I guess.

After years of watching financial journalists get massive hardons for anything offbeat, I've become too jaded to read up and figure out what it actually is. But probably the sort of thing OP is looking for.

 

Over here in the UK two come to mind: -Caravan Park Real Estate funds (incredible returns actually, but obv very illiquid) -buying rights to singer/songwriter portfolios of 'hits' for a multiple and collecting the revenues on being played in ads, Spotify, etc (check out Hipgnosis Songs Fund - listed on the London stock exchange)

 

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