Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Editor's Choice for June 2
By Kate McBrideOne day Gm files for bankruptcy and the DJIA jumps on several good economic indicators. It's all a little confusing.
June 01, 2009
Soapbox: Algorithms vs. ArithmeticThere are security analysts and financial advisors who have no fear about taking positions in derivatives based on arcane algorithms. But for some reason, these...
June 01, 2009
Directional AdvisorBob Whalen spent the first 16 years of his career in the American Express family, ending up as a group VP at Ameriprise Financial Services...
May 31, 2009
Curses ... foiled againSeveral years ago, when I was managing an insurance office, I was interviewing a prospective sales rep whom I felt had great potential as an agent.
May 29, 2009
AIG Sells Tokyo PropertyNippon Life Insurance Company has paid the equivalent of $1.2 billion to buy American International Group Inc.'s office building in Tokyo.
May 01, 2009
How Your Clients' Real Estate Could Fund RetirementAs your clients near retirement and the picture of their resources become clearer, they will be looking at what they have accumulated to help fund the rest of their lives. Many can count on some combination of retirement, pension, fixed, and other
May 01, 2009
Venture Populist: Chaos = Opportunity (Oh, please)How often will we have to hear this nonsense from pontificating pundits and portfolio managers out ballyhooing the pending stock buying opportunity of a lifetime?...