Hedge Funds
The latest hedge funds news to help advisors understand how these alternative investments can help boost portfolio returns and reduce risk.
Ultra Wealthy Investors Lowered 2010 Expectations: IPI Survey
By Michael S. FischerSome investors are still haunted by the “lost decade,” when zero was the S&P 500 index’s return from 2000 to 2009, according to a new survey released Monday by the Institute for Private Investors.
December 03, 2010
The Future Is in Long-Short FundsInvestors, especially retirees, can’t afford to have their portfolios blow up on them
November 29, 2010
Mutual Fund Giants Ensnared in Insider Trading ProbeThe Denver-based mutual fund company says it intends to fully cooperate with the inquiry.
November 29, 2010
Mutual Fund Giants Ensnared in Insider Trading ProbeThe Denver-based mutual fund company says it intends to fully cooperate with the inquiry.
November 29, 2010
Trustee for Madoff’s Victims Files 40 LawsuitsThe trustee seeking to recover money for victims of convicted money manager Bernard Madoff said he filed 40 lawsuits on Friday.
November 25, 2010
Rogue advisors: Do the crime, do the timeA Plymouth, Mass., financial advisor has pleaded guilty to mail fraud, wire fraud and filing false tax returns, adding 97 months to the nine- to 12-year sentence he's currently serving for rape and kidnapping.
November 17, 2010
Research Senior Editor Ken Silber discusses the origin of hedge fundsResearch Senior Editor Ken Silber on the Gabe Wisdom Show of 11/10/10, Business Talk Radio, talks about Alfred Winslow Jones, the eclectic founder of the hedge fund industry.
November 15, 2010
Hedge Funds, Banks and Private Money Finance LawsuitsThere's a new trend emerging in investing, and its returns are pretty impressive: borrowers of the invested funds are charged interest rates exceeding 15% per year, and regardless of the borrowers' success or failure, those loans have to be repaid. The field? The courtroom.