Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
The Taxation of Precious Metals and Collectibles
By Tax Facts OnlineOur Tax Facts experts answer questions on the tax treatment of these alternative investments.
March 23, 2017
Closed-End Funds: Democratizing Alternative Investment StrategiesUnique structure and stable asset levels allow CEFs to invest in nontraditional, less liquid assets.
March 23, 2017
Ackman's Investors Won't Get Their YachtsChanneling Fred Schwed Jr., theres at least one more question hanging over Bill Ackman's Valeant debacle.
March 20, 2017
Trump Is Biggest Global Risk in 2017, Alt Investors SayA poll at the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit found the Trump administration worried the industry more than cybersecurity, China or Brexit.
March 17, 2017
Top 10 Cities for Millennial HomebuyersBuyers 35 and younger are more active this spring than in recent years, LendingTree reports.
March 17, 2017
Rise of Non-Equity Funds Is Hedge Fund ‘Story of 2016’: Seward & KisselThirty-five percent of hedge funds rolled out last year employed non-equity-based investment strategies, according to a new study by Seward & Kissel.
March 17, 2017
Consumers Can Now Trade Gold on a Distributed LedgerSymbiont, a distributed ledger provider, has partnered with Orebits Corp. to offer digitized shares of unrefined gold.
March 15, 2017
Fed Appoints First Black Regional-Bank ChiefEx-Obama administration official Raphael Bostic will lead the Atlanta Fed and will be a voting member of FOMC next year.