Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Publisher's Letter: Eye on Inflation
By Robert TyndallEconomic historian John Steele Gordon relates that when FDR took his oath of office in 1933, banks were entirely closed in 38 states and their...
March 31, 2009
What do you need most from your advisor now?Trust. The market is so scary right now. It's scary to even think about money and where it's going. I saw that Madoff story on the nightly news and it's so scary. You don't know who to trust. And there's so many out
March 27, 2009
Geithner Lays Out Administration's Reform PlansHedge funds would have to register and tighter controls would hit money market funds
March 26, 2009
A Ponzi pioneerA pioneer of the fee-only financial planning movement has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $3 million from her clients. The New Orleans-based planner promised returns of between 13 percent and 26 percent to prospects who invested in two
March 25, 2009
A Ponzi pioneerA pioneer of the fee-only financial planning movement has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $3 million from her clients. The New Orleans-based planner promised returns of between 13 percent and 26 percent to prospects who invested in two
March 23, 2009
Alternatives out in the cold?While some large custodians may be scaling down their custody of alternative investments for their RIA firm clients, National Advisors Trust announced today that they will be expanding their capabilities.
March 12, 2009
Expert: Thanks to Madoff, boomers done with equitiesThe Madoff debacle has "single handedly" ended boomers' desire to invest in equities. Miller Tabak & Co. analyst Dan Greenhaus, tells MarketWatch's Kate Gibson, the...
March 05, 2009
Commodities fall on China announcementAfter a brief rally led by optimistic reports from China early this week, commodity markets fell when that country announced new a new stimulus plan...