Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Generating Strong Returns
By Ed McCarthy, CFP, RICPDespite the overall markets swings from risk-on to risk-off in response to a slow U.S. recovery, Europes ongoing crisis and the Feds decision to hold rates at extraordinarily low levels, electric utilities have continued to provide solid total returns for growth-and-income investors seeking lower volatility.
September 25, 2012
Volatility Makes Alternative Investments ‘Essential’ to U.S. Portfolios: SurveyOver three-quarters of institutional investors in the United States consider alternative investments essential to a diversified portfolio, a survey by Natixis Global Asset Management found.
September 24, 2012
SEC Takes Close Look at Private Equity FundsIt's an echo of the 2003 mutual fund scandals, in which large institutional investors were given preferential treatment at the expense of smaller investors.
September 23, 2012
Top Portfolio Products: Franklin Templeton to Buy Stake in K2Plus, Goldman risk-management fund targets RIAs and more product news.
September 23, 2012
The Ins & Outs of Using Managed FuturesThe Barclay Commodity Trading Advisor Index may be one option for advisors and clients.
September 21, 2012
Brandywine Beats PIMCO With Sharp Macro CallsBrandywine portfolio manager Stephen Smith's open secret is that he's shorting the bond market while awaiting its return to what he calls normalization.
September 20, 2012
U.K. Lawmakers Call for Arctic Drilling MoratoriumA body of British lawmakers says there is inadequate cleanup infrastructure in place in case of a spill.
September 20, 2012
A Washington whistle-blower tells allA new book has burned every bridge its author once had in Washington and it's well worth the read.