New Delhi, Aug. 28 -- Rahul Jain, 40, a Mumbai-based consultant, started to think about alternative investments after the 2008 financial crisis hit his equity portfolio. Now, Jain invests in global equities and fractional investments in real estate, which allows you to have part ownership in high-value properties like commercial buildings, to diversify his portfolio. "If one or two of the assets perform well, the average return stays stable or goes up even in a market downturn," he said.
According to Viram Shah, CEO and co-founder, Vested Finance, a platform that enables Indians to invest in the US stock markets, there has been a spike in investments in global equities since the covid-19 pandemic hit. "In the quarter ended June 2020, Veste...