Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Tax Reform Causes a Wave of Stock Buybacks. Here’s How Investors Benefit.
By Don Schreiber Jr.Companies like Apple are stashing a lot of cash overseas, and investors should reap benefits when that cash is repatriated.
January 24, 2018
Morningstar’s Fund Managers of the Year: 2017The awards are given in four major categories: domestic stock, international stock, fixed income and allocation/alternatives.
January 23, 2018
Vanguard Says It Will ‘Never’ Launch Bitcoin Fund, and It’s Not AloneWill we see a Bitcoin ETF in 2018? Prospects are unclear, execs at Inside ETFs say.
January 22, 2018
When Diversification Is the Question, Alternatives Are the AnswerThe vast majority of investors say they are open to alternative asset classes, but few advisors are adding them to portfolios.
January 22, 2018
Reality Shares Launches Blockchain ETF: Portfolio ProductsIn other product news, Fidelity, American Century and Strategy Shares all launch new ETFs.
January 18, 2018
Morgan Stanley Joins Goldman Sachs in Clearing Bitcoin FuturesCFO Pruzan won't say how much firm requires of clients for transactions; points to volatility of the asset class as factor in setting margin levels.
January 17, 2018
Putnam to Introduce Its First ESG FundsThe actively managed asset manager expects to launch two ESG funds in March as part of a repositioning of two existing funds.
January 17, 2018
What’s Got the New York Fed President Worried?In a speech, William Dudley outlined two things hes not worried about and three things that have him concerned.