Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Pension Bankruptcy in Tiny U.S. Territory Is a Warning of What May Lie Ahead (Huffington Post)
By Staff WriterA pension bankruptcy in a U.S. territory in the South Pacific has many worried about pensions on the mainland.
May 24, 2012
The STOCK Act’s Lameness"Send me a bill that bans insider trading by members of Congress and I will sign it tomorrow, President Obama proclaimed in his State of the Union on Jan. 24, 2012.
May 24, 2012
Selective StandoutsCertain consumer companies continue to outshine their counterparts.
May 24, 2012
The Shale Gas RushWith all of this new economic activity comes investing opportunity. And there is more than one way to play the market.
May 24, 2012
Can ETNs Be Trusted?Although the $17 billion exchange-traded note (ETN) market represents less than 2% of the trillion dollar ETP universe, its been making a lot of noise.
May 24, 2012
AdvisorShares, Philippe Cousteau Launch Actively Managed Sustainable ETFPhillippe Cousteau, grandson of oceanographer Jacques Cousteau, hopes to use the multi-manager Global Echo ETF to 'do well by doing good.'
May 23, 2012
Kickstarter for Wall Street? Broker-Dealers Get Into the Crowdfunding GameIts official: the money people are rallying to the crowd-funding cause.
May 22, 2012
The SEC Sure Isn’t Describing the Mark Spangler I KnowA cautionary tale or a rush to judgment? Why I'm giving the benefit of the doubt to the former NAPFA chairman.