Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
REITs Weaken Slightly Less Than Equities in August: NAREIT
By Janet LevauxDividend yields on the asset class are roughly 4%, ahead of the S&P 500, the industry group says.
September 04, 2015
The Oil-Sands Glut Is About to Get a Lot BiggerProjects in Canada that can't be shutdown are facing longer horizons for their breakeven points
September 03, 2015
Top Portfolio Products: DoubleLine Adds Strategic Commodity FundEGA rolls out an emerging markets ETF, and Aberdeen wraps up purchase of FLAG Capital.
September 03, 2015
Calpers pension to sell $3 billion of real-estate portfolioCALPERS, the largest U.S. pension, would be banned under new legislation from investing in thermal coal companies.
September 01, 2015
Emerging Markets: Stay in the CarSome investors may be considering whether they should avoid these markets altogether because of their recent underperformance.
September 01, 2015
Merk: China’s Currency Shift Means ‘New Era,’ More VolatilityCurrency manager Axel Merk debunks a few myths and lays out what to expect with the reform-minded government and its yuan strategy.
August 31, 2015
Long-Short Equity Funds: Heroes or Hype?Mainstream investors' experience with long-short mutual funds has been acquired in an equities bull market; are they really everything investors think they are?
August 31, 2015
MLPs Follow Energy Prices LowerWhile energy MLPs have shadowed energy prices by declining too, theyve held up much better relative to crashing oil prices.