Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
What it takes to succeed in alternative investments
By John SullivanLitman Gregorys DeGroot has some harsh words for Wall Streets alt games.
July 24, 2013
What’s Behind Gold’s Sudden Turnaround?Two new analyses argue for a revival in gold, one based on technical indicators tracing the smart money and the other adducing the broad economic factors at work, such as an increasingly dovish Fed.
July 24, 2013
DoubleLine Bucks Commodity Conventional WisdomThe first question is obviousDoubleLine has a commodity play? The firms other Jeff points to mistakes commodity managers too often make.
July 24, 2013
Galvin's ‘I-CROWD’ Unit to Fight Reg D Fraud in MassachusettsHigh-profile state regulator Galvin says he's created unit because SECs new hedge fund and private equity ad rule sets in motion a much easier path for shady operators and crooks.
July 23, 2013
What It Really Takes to Succeed in Alternative InvestmentsLitman Gregorys CIO, Jeremy DeGroot, is skeptical of the faddishness of alternative investments.
July 23, 2013
Multistrategy products showing popularityNearly eight in 10 institutional investors requested multistrategy hedge fund products during the past year.
July 22, 2013
4 Tools for Fund Managers, and All Advisors, to Use Social Media EffectivelyThere are ways for hedge fund managersand advisors of all kindsto use social media to connect better with clients and prospects, and to build their businesses. Here's where to start.
July 22, 2013
SEC Charges SAC Capital’s CohenThe SEC on Friday charged hedge fund advisor Steven Cohen, founder of SAC Capital Advisors, with failing to prevent two portfolio managers from insider trading.