Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Commercial Real Estate Continues to Soften
By Staff WriterCommercial real estate market may be indicative of the overall trepidation felt about the economy.
August 01, 2009
When Florida SizzledDuring the winter of 1925, visitors to the new Florida town of Coral Gables were treated to a curious spectacle. There was former Secretary of...
July 24, 2009
Is the Worst Over for Global Hedge Funds?Cerulli Associates saysin their Quantitative Update 2009 that the most destructive financial crisis in recent memory erased just under US $ 10 trillion in professionally managed assets in 2008--with most of the deterioration in the final quarter.
July 23, 2009
Direxion Debuts Leveraged Real Estate ETFsThe Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3x Shares (DRN) and the Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3x Shares (DRV) are leveraged real estate ETFs that attempt to deliver 300 percent the daily long and inverse performance of the MSCI U.S. REIT Index.
July 22, 2009
No Merger of SEC, CFTCFrank acknowledges merger wouldn't make sense, but agencies told to submit 'harmonization' report
July 21, 2009
Creative PhilanthropyAssurant Employee Benefits is trying to use a new approach to encouraging employees to get involved in the community.
July 20, 2009
Closing timeTop Ten Selling Throughout my career I have made a science of learning how the very best sales people became successful and how they sustained their success. Sustained success is the key. We all know the "one-hit wonder" who sold a
July 14, 2009
The HartfordThe Hartford Financial Services Group announced several professionals at the company recently completed education toward the Accredited Estate Planner designation: William Anderson, Alpharetta, Ga. Richard Blaser, Simsbury, Conn.