Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Jefferson National Finds Shift Away from Stocks, Random Walks
By Staff WriterFinancial advisors are responding to stock market ups and downs by making more use of alternative investments products and active portfolio management strategies.
September 07, 2011
IRS Issues Basis Guidance for Estates Electing Against the Estate TaxThe IRS has dropped the second shoe; giving taxpayers guidance through the complex procedural machinations they must follow to avoid the 2010 estate tax.
September 06, 2011
ETF Volume Surges Most Since January 2008Average daily trading volume for ETFs jumped 83% from July to August, as investors increasingly looked to make use of hedging and liquidity techniques in the face of greater market volatility.
September 06, 2011
Private Equity Carlyle Group Going PublicPrivate equity giant The Carlyle Group filed with the SEC to launch an initial public offering of common stock a week after the firm made a minority investment in Avalon Advisors.
September 02, 2011
GAO Study: More DB Plans Are Investing in Hedge Funds, Private Equity FundsA growing number of defined benefit plans, predominately large ones, are investing through hedge funds and in private equity funds.
September 02, 2011
Peter Schiff: Gold Is the ‘Last Haven Standing’Peter Schiff, the one-time Senate candidate and controversial CEO of Euro Pacific Precious Metals, says gold, the Swiss franc and the Japanese yen are the preferred assets to the dollar. All three surged in August, yet Schiff notes the franc and the yen are being actively devalued by central banks...
September 02, 2011
CFTC Set to Review Two Proposed RulesThe Commodity Futures Trading Commission plans a public review next week of two proposed rules as it implements the requirements of the Dodd-Frank law's timetable.
September 01, 2011
WisdomTree Reshuffles LineupWisdomTree Investments implemented changes to seven equity ETFs and added a new actively managed ETF called the WisdomTree Global Real Return Fund (RRF).RRF…