Investors who take this route pay much higher fees in the hope of better performance.

采取这种途径的投资人付出了高的多的费用并希望能获得更好的回报。

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Why not simply require Banks to run with higher capital ratios, rather than go through a circuitous route by smoothing profits, which investors tend to dislike?

为啥不简单的要求银行提高资产比率呢，而不是通过采用这种投资者不太喜欢的减少利润波动的迂回方式。

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So parents inclined to take this route must ask themselves two things: what their risk profile is, and whether they are willing to be activist investors.

所以打算冒这个风险的父母们必须首先明确两件事，一是风险预测，二是他们是否愿意成为积极股东。

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But investors who choose this route primarily want to avoid getting clobbered by the Internal Revenue Service.

FORBES: Move over, mutual funds

One drawback is that investors who choose to follow this route are given a bit less advice.

ECONOMIST: Wall Street

The bottom line: Alternative-asset IRAs can work well, but investors who want to go this route have plenty of homework in store.

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