The Franklin Society - Alternative Investments

Wouldn’t it be nice to know that your portfolio is not only earning a decent return but also helping make the world a better place? That’s what socially responsible investing (SRI) is all…

There’s a hidden world just beneath the surface of our own. In it, entrepreneurs buy, sell and trade domain names, websites, and every flavor of online asset in existence. This…

There’s a huge difference between the typical sports fanatic and the average investor: One stays glued to the screen, screaming, yelling, drooling and rooting for favorites while cursing…

It’s hard to browse the Internet these days without running into one of the ever-present ICO scams. Sellers say they are introducing a new cryptocurrency, usually compare it to Bitcoin or…

Contrary to what you might have been hearing at holiday parties, “starting your own ETF” is easier said than done. But for many who wonder aloud about becoming the next Wall Street wonder,…

The smart money is on a stock market downturn sometime in early 2018. When that happens, what will be some of the best “recession-proof” investments to have in place? Nothing is a sure…

The Republican tax proposal, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), was passed by the Senate in early December 2017 and is now headed to a reconciliation process that will try to combine the…

Infrastructure investing, putting money into so-called “public infrastructure” projects like mass-transit, toll-roads, renewable energy plants, bridges, and similar endeavors, was once…

Long ago, someone coined the term “gold psychosis” for a very good reason: certain people lose their minds when they think about, or are in the presence of, gold. The shiny metal is one of…