Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
BlackRock Seeks to Run ETFs Using Own Indexes
By John SullivanBlackRock, the worlds largest money manager, filed an application with the SEC for its iShares exchange-traded funds to follow its own indexes rather than those developed by third parties such as Standard & Poors.
August 25, 2011
Real Estate Rebound? Weak Housing Data Hides Seeds of Hope, Analyst SaysWhile this week has produced mostly grim news in the housing sector, a top real estate industry consultant offers a far more encouraging big-picture view of the key economic sector.
August 25, 2011
AARP Sues Wells Fargo, Fannie Mae Over Reverse Mortgage ForeclosuresAARP is challenging reverse mortgage foreclosures, claiming that lenders failed to offer borrowers the option to purchase the property for its fair market value.
August 24, 2011
Why REIT ETFs?Income-starved investors hunting for additional revenue streams pounced on real-estate-investment-trust-related exchange-traded funds this year.
August 24, 2011
SEI: More Pension Plans Using Alternative Assets - in ModerationMore U.S. pension plans seem to be using some alternative investments, but fewer plans seem to be using alternative investments a lot.
August 24, 2011
Investing In Emerging Markets: The Opportunity in AsiaIn an abrupt historical shift, emerging markets appear stable relative to developed markets, which are suffering from political and economic issues that used to be the hallmark of emerging markets.
August 24, 2011
North StarsConventional market wisdom has always dictated that investors who stick their necks out at a time of great crisis reap great rewards further down the line.
August 23, 2011
SPDR Gold Overtakes S&P 500 SPY as Top ETFAs equity prices fall and gold prices rise, the market capitalizations of the two largest ETFs have switched places, with State Street's SPDR Gold Shares (GLD) overtaking the SPDR S&P 500 (SPY) as the largest ETF in the world.