Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
What Can We Expect for Real Estate?
By Brad CaseOver the last 10 years, REIT returns averaged 10.2% annually while the S&P 500 was stuck at -1.8%. What explains such consistent outperformance?
September 13, 2010
Three Years in, Crisis LingersAs Dodd-Frank and Basil III get implemented, it's important to remember how we got here.
September 12, 2010
Burry, Scion Capital Founder, Bets on Gold, FarmlandDr. Michael Burry, who predicted the collapse in mortgages and founded Scion Capital, said in a September 7 interview with Bloomberg News that his current monies were riding on gold and arable farmland.
September 10, 2010
S&P Launches Equal-Weighted Version of Its S&P GSCIStandard & Poor's is launching an equal-weighted version of its popular S&P GSCI commodities index. Called the S&P GSCI Equal Weight Select Index, the new index comprises 14 commodities in the world production weighted S&P GSCI.
September 10, 2010
J.P. Morgan Funds Introduces Research Equity Long/Short FundJ.P. Morgan Funds, the mutual fund arm of JPMorgan Chase & Co., has launched the JP Morgan Research Equity Long/Short Fund, the company announced Friday, September 10.
September 10, 2010
NYSE Euronext Joint Venture Focuses on Sustainable Energy MarketNYSE Euronext (NYX) is expanding its focus on environmental and sustainable energy initiatives through a joint venture, NYSE Blue, with APX, Inc., the company announced Tuesday, September 7.
September 10, 2010
Senate to Explore Expansion of Covered Bonds in U.S.Christopher Dodd (D-Connecticut), Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Chairman, plans to hold a hearing on Wednesday, September 15, to explore the possible expansion of covered bonds in the United States.
September 10, 2010
Bond Boom Good for PIMCO, But Not for Economy, says El-ErianThe bond group also plans more equity funds, as leaders Gross, El-Erian and McCulley give the Obama Administration policy prescriptions for turning the U.S. economy around.