Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
October Jobs Report Surprises With Best Month Since April
By Joyce HansonAn additional 151,000 jobs were created in the U.S. economy in October, surprising economists with their strength, although unemployment remained flat at a rate of 9.6%.
November 02, 2010
5 Considerations for the Art InvestorCollecting art is more than just what meets the eye.
November 02, 2010
QE2 and the Great Wealth Transfer: A Spurt for the Economy?: Searching for Alpha for November 2010Quantitative easing (QE) is a government strategy of printing money in order to retire debt and purchase assets that increase the size of the public balance sheet.
November 01, 2010
The Price to Pay for Ibbotson’s Illiquidity PremiumRegular readers of this column frequently inquire as to which alternative asset classes or investment strategies may have risk-return characteristics similar to direct investments in startups.
November 01, 2010
An Alternative Custody StrategyThe epicenter of the RIA world is shifting from a focus on traditional assets to the inclusion of alternative investments in clients' portfolios.
November 01, 2010
RMBS: NAIC Does DetailsThe increasing stability of the U.S. economy has changed the scenarios used in mortgage-backed securities modeling at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
November 01, 2010
RMBS: NAIC Does DetailsThe increasing stability of the U.S. economy has changed the scenarios used in mortgage-backed securities modeling at the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
November 01, 2010
Vanguard Rolls Out Global Real Estate Fund, ETFVanguard introduced a new international real estate index fund with ETF shares based on the S&P Global ex-U.S. Property Index