Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Nothing more than feelings?
By Dan NormanThere are some excellent automobile salespeople. Perhaps not as many as in other professions, but some very good ones ply their trade.
November 01, 2009
The Private Venture Investment ProcessOne of the few commonalities among the thousands of VCs and angel investors is the consensus that the process of identifying an attractive private venture...
November 01, 2009
Can Commodity ETFs Survive?The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has been waging war against commodity index funds, and visible evidence they are winning that war has...
November 01, 2009
The Green Advisor: SRI & Green Investing Grow Up"Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) has for decades remained on the fringe of strategic money management, routinely battling the perception that prioritizing an ethical or social...
October 31, 2009
Have you made any changes to your lifestyle/investments since the economic downturn?Have you made any changes to your lifestyle/investments since the economic downturn?
October 30, 2009
Is federal oversight in the future for target-date funds?Target-date funds could be the next financial product subject to federal scrutiny. A Senate committee recently identified three main concerns with the product, the Wall...
October 29, 2009
House Financial Services Approves Hedge Fund, Credit Ratings Agency BillsMarkup on Investor Protection Act in full force