Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Update on Fifth Street Finance, Top Dividend-Paying Financial Stock
By Ben WarwickTime to buy this dividend payer, or time to trim?
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.
October 25, 2011
Wealthcare Welcomes Len Reinhart to BoardWealthcare Capital Management announced Tuesday that Len Reinhart, the former president and founder of the Lockwood family of companies, will join the firms board of directors.
October 24, 2011
Top 10 Richest Colleges for 2011: The Biggest EndowmentsSome surprises on the endowment front, and some non-surprises. Ivy League schools dominate the list with Harvard's haul nearly double its arch-rival's
October 24, 2011
Regions' Latest Move Could Propel Sale of Morgan Keegan, Say ExpertsRegions Financial Corp. is offering potential suitors for its Morgan Keegan broker-dealer up to $200 million in financing, according to a report released Sunday.