Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Hedge Funds Badly Beaten by S&P 500 Performance
By John SullivanLow cost indexing might have been vindicated in the starkest way possible.
November 26, 2012
SEC’s Schapiro to Step Down in DecemberAfter months of speculation that she would depart, Schapiro made it official Monday morning that she would depart the agency on Dec. 14; with a frontrunner emerging from Treasury Department.
November 21, 2012
Growth PathSteady improvements in job numbers and home values should help boost consumer spending, analysts say.
November 21, 2012
Is Book Collecting a Smart Investment?Professional book collectors and advisors share their advice on this niche market.
November 21, 2012
Broad Housing Recovery Appears Under Way: Zillow EconomistAs Americans gather in their homes for the Thanksgiving holiday, recovering from their various labors, many can give extra thanks for what seems like fresh evidence of a recovery of their homes value...
November 20, 2012
A New Way to Buckle Up: Convergent and Divergent StrategiesAfter his sure bet against the deutsche mark temporarily wiped him out in 1920, John Maynard Keynes famously quipped, The market can stay irrational longer than you can stay solvent.
November 20, 2012
Alternatives on the March: Bringing Private Vehicles to Public SpaceThe founders of CAIS saw the opportunity in the move to independence. Theyre capitalizing on it with the first global alternative investment platform for advisors.
November 20, 2012
A New Platform for Alternatives; Finding Safety for Small BDs: December Investment Advisor—SlideshowAnother year is gone and with the December issue of Investment Advisor comes a look at a new platform to help advisors manage alternative investment assets.