Core+ Infrastructure: The Alternative Investment Playing Defense While Generating 10-12% Returns
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    Core+ Infrastructure: The Alternative Investment Playing Defense While Generating 10-12% Returns

    Core+ infrastructure raised $250 billion globally in 2025 and is tracking to exceed that in 2026. KKR's $19.2 billion Global Infrastructure Investors V — closed August 3 — is the latest evidence that

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··8 min read
    Timberland and TIMOs: The Institutional Asset Class Accredited Investors Can Now Access
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    Timberland and TIMOs: The Institutional Asset Class Accredited Investors Can Now Access

    Timberland and TIMOs: An Accredited Investor's Complete Guide Timberland and TIMOs: The Institutional Asset Class Accredited Investors Can Now Access By Jeff Barnes, MBA | Angel Investors Network | July 26, 2026 TL;DR: The NCREIF...

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    Farmland Investing in 2026: What the NCREIF Returns Don't Tell Accredited Investors
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    Farmland Investing in 2026: What the NCREIF Returns Don't Tell Accredited Investors

    TL;DR The NCREIF Farmland Index shows 10.29% annualized returns over 33 years, but that number rests on appraisal-based smoothing, excludes retail platform fees, and masks a 5-to-10-year liquidity tra

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    Farmland Investing: Returns, Platforms, and the Water Rights Risk No One Mentions
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    Farmland Investing: Returns, Platforms, and the Water Rights Risk No One Mentions

    TL;DR The NCREIF Farmland Index returned 10.15% annualized from 1992 through 2024, equity-like returns at roughly one-third the volatility of the S&P 500. In 30 of those 33 years, the index posted...

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··12 min read
    Gold, Commodities, and Real Assets as Inflation Hedges: A 2026 Guide for Accredited Investors
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    Gold, Commodities, and Real Assets as Inflation Hedges: A 2026 Guide for Accredited Investors

    According to the World Gold Council's 2026 Gold Outlook, gold hit $5,595 per ounce on January 29, 2026, the first time in history the metal exceeded its 1980 peak in real, inflation-adjusted terms, ac

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    Why Family Offices Are Quietly Rotating Into Music Royalties Right Now
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    Why Family Offices Are Quietly Rotating Into Music Royalties Right Now

    Why Family Offices Are Quietly Rotating Into Music Royalties Right Now TL;DR: Primary Wave Music closed its Fund 4 at $2.225 billion in April 2026 — the largest closed-end music royalties fund ever raised — with...

    Jeff Barnes, MBA··15 min read