Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
California lawmaker brings back Medicaid recovery bill
By Allison BellFederal law sets minimum recovery effort standards for Medicaid nursing home benefits.
January 15, 2015
Hedge Funds Meet Expectations Despite ‘Underwhelming’ Returns: PreqinPreqin's major hedge fund benchmark posted its lowest return since 2011, but many investors are satisfied.
January 13, 2015
Axel Merk: ‘There Is No Safe Asset Anymore’In a provocative and wide-ranging interview, currency manager Merk says stocks will fall, cash isn't a haven and he "wouldnt touch bonds with a broomstick."
January 13, 2015
‘Ho Hum’ Equity Funds Deliver in Q4: LipperU.S. diversified equity products ticked up 4.6% in the period, while non-U.S. equity funds fell.
January 12, 2015
How Meredith Whitney’s American Revival Fund Sputtered in Debut YearWhitneys American Revival Fund started investing in heartland stocks in November 2013, and by last October her main backer asked for its money back.
January 12, 2015
Commodities Drop to 12-Year Low as Oil Slumps Amid Global GlutOil prices are tumbling, but there's even more to the commodity story.
January 12, 2015
LTCI Watch: InvestorsWhy, what fools would want the demographic equivalent of a boarded up brownstone on the park?
January 11, 2015
Top Portfolio Products: PIMCO, Research Affiliates Add StrategiesJ.P. Morgan Asset Management adds an ETF, and Nasdaq said it would buy the RIA and research firm Dorsey Wright & Associates.