Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Why Investors Should Buy, Not Sell, Commodity Funds
By Ed McCarthy, CFP, RICPDespite a recent run of poor performance, broad-based commodity funds can bolster a portfolio in the long term, Direxion's head of alternatives says.
July 23, 2015
Housing Market Mixed: Time to Buy or Hold Off?Does the decline in new home sales for June and downward revisions for April and May signal that the housing rally is slowing?
July 23, 2015
Venture Capital-Backed Companies Raked in $32 Billion in Q2Mega-round financing and bigger deals drove growth, new report from KPMG International and CB Insights finds.
July 22, 2015
Private Real Estate Funds Raised $61 Billion in First HalfInstitutional investors remain strongly engaged in the real estate market.
July 22, 2015
SMA Manager of the Year Dave Dalrymple on Small-Cap ValueChartwell Investment Partners' Dave Dalrymple says "we've made our money from stock picking, not sector rotation."
July 22, 2015
Advisors can lose clients with too much jargonInvestors are often turned off by the buzzwords and commonplace jargon that advisors use.
July 22, 2015
Advisors can lose clients with too much jargonInvestors are often turned off by the buzzwords and commonplace jargon that advisors use.
July 22, 2015
This Measure of Copper Is Another Bad Omen for the Commodities MeltdownA ratio of demand to inventories is at its worst level in two years.