Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Narrowed US reporting rule for hedge funds adopted
By Staff WriterThe largest U.S. hedge funds and private equity funds must report financial information to the government starting next year under a rule finalized Monday.
October 30, 2011
Update on Fifth Street Finance, Top Dividend-Paying Financial StockTime to buy this dividend payer, or time to trim?
October 27, 2011
Volcker Tells Charlie Rose: The 'Volcker Rule' Still WorksLobbying efforts notwithstanding, the Volcker Rule orohibiting banks from proprietary trading is still effective, according to no less an authority than Paul Volcker, for whom it was named.
October 27, 2011
TD Ameritrade Launches Options Market Center for AdvisorsUsing thinkorswim as the platform's basis, the program led by TD's Jeff Chiappetta includes education, validation and trading.
October 26, 2011
Direxion Adjusts ETF LineupBig changes are coming to the Direxion Shares ETF lineup. The companys Board of Trustees approved alternations to the names and investment strategies for 10 leveraged funds.
October 26, 2011
Measured PaceBack in 1976, while other teenagers had started obsessing over the newest style of music, punk rock, 16-year-old Louis M. Ricciardi was grooming himself to be a financial advisor. Hipping classmates to the Rule of 72, he was touting the benefits of investing at a young age.
October 26, 2011
Rob Arnott: 'There May Never Be a Better Time' to Buy Inflation ProtectionIndexing guru Rob Arnott, a lone inflationista wolf, howls that todays market provides a golden opportunity to buy inflation-fighting asset classes at 'below retail prices.'
October 26, 2011
SEC Adopts Hedge Fund Reporting RulesThe SEC on Wednesday adopted a rule to require advisors to hedge funds and other private funds with at least $150 million in assets to report information for use by the FSOC in monitoring risks to the U.S. financial system.