Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Venture Populist: Positive Asymmetrical Outcomes
By Jeff JosephRecent proclamations in this column and venturepopulist.com blog posts that "MPT failed" in the crisis of 2008 have elicited a distinctively binary response from wealth...
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.
July 09, 2009
We're on a road to nowhereWant a real "path to prosperity?" Look to 1982. The year of Tootsie and Culture Club has a lot in common with 2009 (without the...