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Renter's insurance is a worthwhile financial investment, according to one expert.
- Quality financial investments can come from unexpected sources.
- From starting a "family 401(k)" to buying a gym membership or paying for health insurance, several financial experts detail six worthwhile forms of investment that might fly under your radar.
Your investments don't have to be typical.
Although the most common types of financial investments are bonds, stocks, and mutual funds according to Money Management International, those methods certainly aren't the only types of worthwhile investments out there.
That's what got us thinking.
With nearly 40% of Americans not investing at all, and almost half of them chalking it up to "not knowing how," according to a recent NerdWallet study, we wanted to round up some atypical investment suggestions.
We spoke to financial experts from across the country and asked them for suggestions on the best unexpected financial investments a person could make.
Here are six of our favorites: