If you’ve been looking to make passive investments in hard assets but are finding it difficult to get the returns you’d expect, there are other great vehicles that can generate 10 % or higher with relatively conservative risk. Business loans made to well-run, established and profitable businesses that are not served by traditional banks can provide an attractive risk adjusted yield. Jamie Shulman founded Meriwether Capital with the purpose of providing short-term financing up to $5 million to businesses with $2 million to $50 million in total revenues. Jamie raises capital from investors and provides a steady 10% return.