Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
MetLife Closes $550M in Commercial Real Estate Deals
By Staff WriterIn a commercial real estate market mired in uncertainty, good risk management is the thing.
September 29, 2011
Pietrangelo named MDRT Foundation presidentBarbara A. Pietrangelo, CFP, ChFC, has been named the 2011-2012 MDRT Foundation president. Click the headline for more details.
September 29, 2011
Fading SuperpowersAfter the Cold Wars end, the paths of the two former enemies should have diverged dramatically. No longer locked in a nuclear rivalry known as Mutually Assured Destruction, or MAD for short, each should have been going its own way: the United States to enjoy the fruits of victory and...
September 29, 2011
Alternatives All the RageNew research has found that 78 percent of all advisors are using alternative investments within client portfolios, according to Cogent Research, mainly for diversification and with some variation related to channel differences and other factors.
September 29, 2011
Vice vs. Nice: Sustainability Debate Pits ‘Tea Party’ Against ‘European Social’ TeamsIn a sometimes feisty Oxford-style debate in New York, portfolio managers and professors sparred over whether socially responsible investment has any business contributing toor subtracting froma companys bottom line.
September 27, 2011
‘Trader’ Alessio Rastani Prays for Recession, Says Millions Will Lose SavingsSome are questioning whether the arrestingly earnest trader is really a member of the Yes Men, anticapitalist activists who impersonate the people they dislike as a means of exposing what they view as the real truth about corporations.
September 27, 2011
Operation Twist Makes REIT ETFs a Good BetAs equity markets struggle to decide whether or not to like Operation Twist, bond markets have clearly pronounced in favor. For clients with a riskierbut not suicidalflair, ETFs are one way to take advantage of what the Fed has to offer.
September 26, 2011
Senate Approves Deal on Spending, Averts ShutdownEnding weeks of political brinkmanship, Congress finessed a dispute over disaster aid Monday night and advanced legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown only days away.