Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
IRA Investors Can Make Peer-to-Peer Loans Through Prosper, Millennium Trust
By Danielle AndrusWe are an exchange for credit where people with cash and people with debt can meet, Ron Suber, president of Prosper Marketplace, told ThinkAdvisor.
March 28, 2014
Consumer communication: outputs or outcomes?New consumers aren't searching for disclosure. They are searching for relevance.
March 27, 2014
Axel Merk Makes Case for Gold With 80 Years of DataLooking at 10-year, 30-plus year and 80-year time frames, Axel Merk finds that including gold always enhanced risk-adjusted portfolio returns.
March 27, 2014
Midsize Hedge Funds Outperformed in 2013Hedge funds with $100 million to $999 million in assets beat bigger and smaller funds last year, Preqin found.
March 27, 2014
Why the SEC Must Revise Its Proposed Reg A RuleThe SEC wants to transform Regulation A offerings into covered securities, which by law are not subject to state review. That's not what Congress intended.
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.