Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
HedgeWorld: And So It Begins
By James J. GreenNow that the 111th Congress has been seated and the 44th President of the United States inaugurated, the first stirrings of hedge fund legislation and...
February 25, 2009
Index funds beat hedge funds, mutual fundsResearch from Mark Kritzman, president and chief executive of Windham Capital Management of Boston, shows basic stock index funds may outperform hedge funds and actively...
February 19, 2009
FASB Starts Fair Value ProjectThe Financial Accounting Standards Board is taking another look at how companies should value investments.
February 18, 2009
Survey: Advisors concentrate on business efficiency and remain optimistic despite turmoilInvestment advisors are repositioning their business strategies to stay ahead of the market downturn. A recent Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking survey shows 61 percent of advisors are...
February 11, 2009
Avant To Set Up Worksite Sales CallsAvant Benefits Inc. is starting a program that will help insurers, enrollment firms, agents and others get inside the country's worksites.
February 05, 2009
Aging boomers drive real estate trendsGiffels-Webster Engineers revealed its annual list of top five real estate and development trends. According to GWE, two industries are intrinsically linked to the aging...
February 05, 2009
Cash in stock funds?Gregg Wolper of Morningstar asks if funds should be allowed to go to cash. "Many of the funds that have held up the best during this...
February 01, 2009
Marketing to affluent seniors (part 1)According to the Wall Street Journal, there are 2.7 million people in the United States with a net worth of $1 million or more, part of a 8.7 million worldwide population of millionaires. Americans with investment assets of more than $30 million top