Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Baird Moves to Spread Word on Alternatives
By Janet LevauxThe broker-dealer is encouraging advisors to spend more time talking with clients about hedge funds and other alternative investments.
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.
August 23, 2011
Wall Street Execs Seem to Ignore Their Own Advice, but RIAs...Are you invested in the stuff you recommend? should be something every client asks their advisor.
August 23, 2011
Recession Fears Fuel Art SalesHigh-end art owners are looking to unload, sometimes settling for deep discounts on works from masters such as Pablo Picasso, Roy Lichtenstein and Robert Rauschenberg.