Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Another ETF Veteran Goes Crypto
By Emily ZulzBitwise Asset Management hires John Hyland as global head of exchange-traded products.
May 11, 2018
Top Investor Touts $60B Market for Cannabis. Just Don't Call It Marijuana.Longtime cannabis advocate Troy Dayton tells ThinkAdvisor what he sees in the future for cannabis and what today's regular users really look like.
May 10, 2018
North Capital Bets on Its New Tech Solution for Private OfferingsNorth Capital offers a platform to better serve both issuers and investors in the exempt securities market.
May 09, 2018
Gundlach: Ignore Flattening Yield Curve Talk; Watch This Number InsteadThe yield curve hasn't flattened much this year, Gundlach says, but another indicator could change the Fed's narrative.
May 09, 2018
Trump's Request to Cancel Spending Has Shot at Passing CongressLisa Murkowski is objecting to the idea of cutting CHIP funding.
May 08, 2018
CFTC Warns Investors Against Binary Options FraudIn its effort to expand investor education, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has released a pair of videos to warn investors against buying…
May 07, 2018
Buffett, Gates Are Latest Bitcoin CriticsBuffett says Bitcoin is "probably rat poison squared" and Gates says he'd short it if that were easy to do.
May 03, 2018
Sidestepping Misconceptions of Inherited 401(k)sThe rules governing inherited qualified plans can be much more complex than those governing inherited IRAs—making the advice of an informed financial advisor critical to getting it right for the client.