Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
IPO Alternatives: Reverse Mergers
By Jeff JosephThe challenging initial public offering market has given rise to a new trend among small private companies. Businesses that have been experiencing difficulty in going...
May 01, 2008
Sunny Days Ahead?With oil prices still breaking all-time highs, investing in alternative energy is a very hot theme. And recently, two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track solar...
May 01, 2008
Safe Haven: U.S. REITsWith major global stock markets on sputter mode, real estate investment trusts (REITs) are proving to be a haven. Through mid-April, the DJ Wilshire REIT...
May 01, 2008
Risk Is Remote When Managed ProperlyAnother way that Larry Nakamura and his clients benefit from the real estate market is through a second company, Torrey Capital Mortgage Fund, essentially a...
May 01, 2008
A Magnet for Active RetireesWho: Jim Naugle, Mayor of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.Where: Creolina's, 209 SW 2nd Street, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., January 29, 2008On the Menu: Chicken Proven?al, Bananas Foster...
May 01, 2008
What Lurks BeneathWhen two of Bear Stearns's highly leveraged hedge funds that reportedly had invested in subprime loans imploded last summer, the firm stepped in with $1.6...
May 01, 2008
Tangible DiversificationFor an active investor, the turmoil on the world's stock exchanges that we've seen in recent months can produce a kind of virtual motion sickness....
May 01, 2008
UBS Shifting Strategies as Write-Downs ContinueWith UBS expecting to write down $19 billion in the first quarter of 2008 on U.S. real estate and related structured credit positions and a...