Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Top Portfolio Products: First Trust ISE Cloud Computing Index Fund; Goldman India and Korea Funds
By Marlene Y. SatterThis week in new products, ISE announced a First Trust cloud computing ETF while Goldman Sachs launched funds focused on India and Korea.
July 01, 2011
A Flight to QualityA number of investors believe that the best way to capture the continued upside of the emerging markets growth story is to look entirely in the opposite direction and invest in the developed markets.
July 01, 2011
Institutional Investors Rapidly Shift to Direct Hedge Fund Investing: Citi SurveyInstitutional fund managers have undertaken a dramatic shift to direct hedge fund investing following the global financial crisis, according to a survey by Citi Prime Finance.
June 30, 2011
Obama Challenges Republicans to Raise Taxes to Cut DebtPresident Barack Obama on Wednesday called for tax hikes as part of the deal needed to negotiate a deal to raise the debt ceiling.
June 28, 2011
MDRT Foundation uses annual meeting to gather shoes, fundsThe MDRT Foundation recently gave Soles4Souls, a nonprofit that distributes shoes to the needy, a $75,000 grant and more than 3,500 pairs of shoes. For more information, click the headline.
June 27, 2011
PIMCO Expert on Inflation: ‘Goldilocks Days’ Are OverPortfolio manager shares ways to invest in a world with rising commodities and other prices.
June 27, 2011
CAISfunds Provides Independent Advisors Access to Hedge Fund ManagersTwo-year-old firm provides a ‘bridge’ from advisors to managers like Paulson and Millennium.
June 24, 2011
Hedge Funds? Forget It, Say ETF Experts. Try Replicating Them Instead.IndexIQ CEO Adam Patti works with RIAs to create new ETFs, including ones that replicate hedge funds, but at a much lower cost.