Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Moving Ahead
By Ed McCarthy, CFP, RICPThe United States continues to move toward energy independence with oil-and-natural gas industry exploration and production (E&P) companies playing an important role in that trend.
March 28, 2013
Real Estate and Taxes: Benefits, and Limitations, of InvestmentThe experts at Tax Facts Online look at the tax implications of real estate ownership.
March 28, 2013
Genworth Sells Wealth Management Unit for $412.5MPrivate equity firms Aquiline and Genstar to acquire GFWM and alternatives firm Altegris; management team, including CEO Gurinder Ahluwalia, to stay in place
March 26, 2013
Energy MLPs & Taxes: Under Scrutiny, but Still Churning Out ReturnsLegislators continue to zero in on partnerships, though most energy firms seem likely to avoid major impact, experts say.
March 26, 2013
Currency Manager Merk on Cyprus and Why PIMCO’s El-Erian Is WrongMerk doesnt buy the PIMCO chief's argument that time will heal the crisis.
March 25, 2013
Emerging-Market Real Estate’s Hot Run ContinuesInternational real estate funds, particularly emerging-market portfolios, had a fantastic run in 2012, and the run is continuing.
March 25, 2013
Bill Gross ‘Stamps’ His Approval on $2 Million AuctionBill Gross and his wife, Sue, will auction pieces of their stamp collection in April with the proceeds going to charity.
March 24, 2013
Investing in Comics: Not Just for SuperheroesExperts share several key techniques for taking advantage of market trendspast, present and future.