Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Asset Allocation
By Staff WriterIn his weekly Market Commentary dated May 10, 2010, LPL Financial's chief market strategist indicated that the market pullback that began on April 23 is...
June 01, 2010
Mutual Fund Spotlight: The World Their OysterThe two men--who are both RIAs with over 28 years of investment experience each and who launched the Encompass Fund in 2006--look to invest exclusively...
June 01, 2010
Will Clean Energy Thrive?It wasn't that long ago that crude oil was over $150 per barrel and the world was clamoring for alternative energy sources. Politicians and the...
June 01, 2010
Clark at Large: Investing Like the Big BoysI don't know if he still does this, but years ago, my old boss Don Phillips (now president of research and communications at Morningstar, Inc.)...
June 01, 2010
The Venture Populist: It's BunkIn the May issue of Investment Advisor, we noted that Senator Chris Dodd's financial services reform bill (being debated on the floor of the Senate...
May 31, 2010
How to cope with problem people (part 2)Last month, we started to discuss some strategies for dealing with the truly challenging people
May 24, 2010
New Castle Hedge Fund's Kurland Sentenced in Galleon Group CaseMark Kurland, a co-founder of the $1 billion New Castle hedge fund, was sentenced Friday, May 21, to two years and three months in jail and ordered to forfeit the $900,000 he earned in illegal insider trades.
May 20, 2010
Public Disdain for Private GainThere's no reward without risk; winners without losers. As we noted weeks back, hedge fund manager John Paulson is getting hammered for his Goldman Sachs...