Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Axel Merk Makes Case for Gold With 80 Years of Data
By Gil WeinreichLooking at 10-year, 30-plus year and 80-year time frames, Axel Merk finds that including gold always enhanced risk-adjusted portfolio returns.
March 26, 2014
Gundlach Bearish on Stocks, Doubts QE Will End in 2014Jeffrey Gundlach, DoubleLine CEO and bond expert, has an upbeat outlook on agriculture commodities and is considering buying Russian debt.
March 26, 2014
IRS to Treat Bitcoin as Property for Tax PurposesBitcoin users, who have operated largely without government oversight, now have to think about tax implications and reporting.
March 26, 2014
How to Benefit From MLPs’ Complex Tax RulesInvestors have options when buying and selling master limited partnerships, a Morningstar expert explains.
March 25, 2014
Zombies: 10% of All Hedge Funds Liquidated in 2013, but Their Stats Live OnHedge fund launches hit three-year low, even as total assets top $6 trillion. Meanwhile, dead hedge funds' performance stats live on in databases.
March 25, 2014
Hedge Funds Recover From Red-Ink January: PreqinHedge funds gained 1.7% in February, Preqin reported, calling January's slump a "temporary blip."
March 24, 2014
LPL Financial Fined $950,000 by FINRA Over Alt SalesLPL's sale of alternative investments, including nontraded REITs, violated concentration limit guidelines, FINRA said.
March 22, 2014
An Easy Way to Invest in Pre-IPO Tech FirmsOne closed-end fund gives investors a chance to buy shares in technology companies backed by venture capital but not yet public.