Survive Stock Market Ups and Downs with Smart Investments | Richard Crenian

Despite recent stock market drops and predictions of a weary future, many of the richest and smartest investors have remained unworried.

Experts like real estate property investor, Richard Crenian – owner, founder, and CEO of ReDev Properties – explains how big funds and investors have chagned their game plan in recent years to ensure the safety of their assets during stock market drops.

Learn from the smartest

According to Crenian and other experts, there are two main reasons the richest and smartest investors have remained unworried.

First, these investors were the first to get in on the sell off. By following smart algorithms that saw a deeper sell off coming, many of them were the ones who started it.

Secondly, these investors didn’t get roped in by fad investments – like cryptocurrency – as many get-rich-quick investors did.

So what exactly do these ‘smart’ investors put their money in?

According to Crenian, the largest and smartest, like Harvard, MIT, Yale, Canadian pensions funds, Norway’s giant soveriegn fund, and Blackstone invest heavily in real estate.

The largest investors have more than 50% of their portfolio in alternative assets, says Crenian. After many investors took big hit after the 1999 hangover, the portfolio balances of big funds and sophisticated wealthy investors has gone through dramatic change. instead of relying on domestic stocks and bonds, as many did a few decades ago, these smart investors have moved their portfolios to international investments and alternatives like venture capital and real estate.

Expert tips for investing like a billionaire on a modest mans salary

So what does all this mean for you? If you’re looking to invest and stay afloat in the stock market, it’s important  you know what strategies to follow. Taking tips from the big guys, you can start investing like a billionaire on a modest man’s budget.

According to experts like Crenian, the following tips are your best bet to surviving and thriving through anything the market throws at you.

First, you need to maintain a good portfolio mix. By keeping a strong a mix of assets can make a world of difference when it comes to surviving stock market drops

Second, you should be investing in safe and reliable assets, like real estate. Real estate for passive income later and in soft periods, and real estate for safety and hard assets can make a massive difference in long term investment returns and wealth.

Third, avoid fad investments. You can’t start over or switch if you have nothing left to reinvest. That’s what has repeatedly happened to many dabbling in stocks or fad investments like cryptocurrency.

Stay afloat with smart investments

If you invest smart, you don’t have to fret about wild turns in the market, emotional sell-offs, and over-corrections. You don’t even have to learn these mistakes and lessons with trial and error yourself. Focus on how the smartest have evolved their portfolios after having learned the hard way, and don’t worry about the rest of the herd. Stay ahead of them by making the best money moves first.