A friend of mine is going to an educational seminar on illiquid investments that may generate higher returns than liquid bonds, with potentially less volatility than stocks. The friend mentioned this to me, asking if I would want to go to this? This friend is FIRE'd and used to work in the financial industry, so far greater than the average person's general knowledge.
While I am all for education, and it is supposed to be strictly educational (at least, at this point), the thing would be a big PITA to go to. Like, have to take 1/2 day off work sort of thing, since it's far away in the middle of a work day.
If I were interested, I would only be thinking a small portion of our investments-like 2%. I can see the potential upside-yes, folks are potentially paying a premium for liquidity, and tying up a portion of your money in longer-term, illiquid assets may improve yield (because it increases risk of course). However, not sure on fee structure, and just HOW illiquid the things are: 5 years minimum? 10 years minimum?
Anyway, I was wondering if this sounds like anything you've come across and whether there's a decent chance finding out more would be worth it, or not. I'm sort of disinclined and could just say I can't get that day off work, but just kinda curious with the folks here.