Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Outlook 2011, Alternative Investments: Rhodium, Rice, Florida Timberland
By Gil WeinreichOn Wall Street the trend is your friend, but then the herd suddenly rotates into something once thought foul. Therein lies the attraction, or perhaps the hope, of alternative investments: getting to some unnoticed investment before it becomes mainstream.
January 04, 2011
Investing Is Effective Risk ManagementAnd to effectively manage risk, clients need alternative investments.
January 04, 2011
ProShares Launches Two Volatility ETFsProShares introduced the ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures (VIXY) and the VIX Mid-Term Futures (VIXM)—responding to the desire among advisors and sophisticated investors to include volatility exposure within portfolios.
January 04, 2011
Ultra Wealthy Investors Lowered 2010 Expectations: IPI SurveySome investors are still haunted by the “lost decade,” when zero was the S&P 500 index’s return from 2000 to 2009, according to a new survey released Monday by the Institute for Private Investors.
January 04, 2011
China’s Sinovel Wind IPO Seeks High FundingSinovel Wind Group Co., which opened subscriptions to its initial public offering on Tuesday in Shanghai, has bumped its price range higher than originally anticipated.
January 03, 2011
Active Investing to Go Global in 1011: Searching for Alpha for January 2011Forget stock picking. Finding alpha in 2011 will be much more about gaming the growth of the world’s economies
January 01, 2011
The Good, The Bad and Reg DThe availability of risk capital for early-stage ventures has proven itself to be remarkably resilient.
January 01, 2011
For Real Estate Investors, Growth Is OverseasSince the financial crisis erupted in 2008, the resulting wave of loan foreclosures and the plunge in housing prices served to dim investor interest in real estate.