Is Now a Good Time to Start Investing in Gold and Other Alternative Assets?

Now that share prices have regained the ground they lost back in March, some analysts are worried the recovery has gone too far -- that a bubble might be brewing. Those bubble fears might have you wondering if it's a good time to start investing outside the stock market, say in assets like gold and real estate.

Gold and real estate both fall into a category of investments known as "alternative assets." The term describes any investment that's not a stock or bond. Gold and real estate are the best-known options, but other choices include silver and other precious metals, bitcoin, mineral rights, timberland, livestock, and even collectors' items like classic cars and artwork.

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