Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
SMA Manager of the Year Richard Alpert on Finding the Best Dividend-Paying Stocks
By James J. GreenIn building its award-winning Dividend Growth portfolio, Alpert and the Raub Brock team look not just for dividend-paying large caps, but also increasing revenues and net income.
July 25, 2015
Why Investors Should Buy, Not Sell, Commodity FundsDespite a recent run of poor performance, broad-based commodity funds can bolster a portfolio in the long term, Direxion's head of alternatives says.
July 24, 2015
SMA Manager of the Year Duane Roberts on 'Impact' InvestingCan an investor do well by doing good? Dana Investment Advisor's Socially Responsible Equity Strategy's 10-year record puts the lie to the notion you have to give up returns for your principles.
July 23, 2015
SMA Strategist Manager of the Year Gary Miller on Modern Portfolio TheoryMiller, winner of the premier Strategist award for Frontier Asset Management, says the firm's process starts with Markowitz, "but we work very hard at better inputs."
July 23, 2015
Housing Market Mixed: Time to Buy or Hold Off?Does the decline in new home sales for June and downward revisions for April and May signal that the housing rally is slowing?
July 23, 2015
Venture Capital-Backed Companies Raked in $32 Billion in Q2Mega-round financing and bigger deals drove growth, new report from KPMG International and CB Insights finds.
July 22, 2015
Private Real Estate Funds Raised $61 Billion in First HalfInstitutional investors remain strongly engaged in the real estate market.
July 22, 2015
SMA Manager of the Year Dave Dalrymple on Small-Cap ValueChartwell Investment Partners' Dave Dalrymple says "we've made our money from stock picking, not sector rotation."