The optimists and pessimists of the financial world are at odds on the state of the market in 2020. The upbeat crowd believes the market's rally since March is fully justified, as investors focus on the economic recovery that will inevitably follow the coronavirus crisis. But there's another school of thought, and it's backed by serious investors like GMO co-founder Jeremy Grantham. That camp maintains that share prices are simply too high, given the uncertainty surrounding the progression of COVID-19 and the timing of an economic recovery. Those pessimists are worried there's a bubble brewing in the stock market. And bubbles, unfortunately, tend to burst.
One way to prepare for the possibility of a market crash is to direct some of your wealth into alternative assets that don't move in lockstep with the financial markets. Here are 10 that may have a place in your portfolio.
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