Liquid Alternatives

  

See: Liquidity. See: Liquid Market.

A liquid alternative is a version of something that you previously couldn't sell. But now you...can.

Like...you used to have virtually un-sellable shares in a pre-IPO company, but you swap whatever their value is for liquid shares in AMZN, who was an investor along with you. Now your illiquid private company shares are...liquid. Magic.

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