Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
HedgeWorld: A Flawed Model or Modeler?
By James J. GreenThere has been much self-satisfied tut-tutting lately by many in the investment management and advisory business over what they perceive as the wholly justified fall...
February 01, 2009
Asset AllocationBehind the Numbers, with Gary Shilling Shilling is still as concerned about excess housing inventories as he was in January when we talked to him about...
February 01, 2009
A New ETF PlaybookWhat will become of stocks over the course of 2009? And how about the faltering U.S. economy? Is the housing market done correcting? Where are...
February 01, 2009
The Future Is NowWhen facing a disaster, healthy families turn toward each other for emotional support, but also for practical help. Since sisters and brothers know each other...
February 01, 2009
Taking Advantage of a Down EconomyDifficult economic times can provide an excellent opportunity for affluent clients to make strategic moves that can help reduce taxes and more efficiently transfer assets...
January 31, 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
January 29, 2009
Hedge funds: Investor fears and attitudes75% -- Percentage of investors who haven't changed their hedge fund allocations in response to the economic crisis. 8% -- Percentage of investors who...
January 27, 2009
New report: Hedge fund success depends on performance, greater transparencyIn the wake of the worst year on record for hedge funds, hedge fund managers should expect to see wider-ranging and more in-depth scrutiny of...