Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
Oh, the humanity
By Staff WriterMore bad news from the Wall Street Journal this week. Home-price declines continued to get steeper in April, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller indexes and the...
June 18, 2008
Two AMT Patches Introduced; House Panel Approves Rangel VersionThe House Ways and Means Committee was set to consider legislation on June 18 introduced the previous day by Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY) that would protect middle-class families from the alternative minimum tax (AMT) this year. The bill, the Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008 (H.R. 6275), would ensure...
June 15, 2008
Cost of care$3,008: National average monthly rate for a private room in an assisted living facility. $209: National average cost of a private room in a nursing home. $59: Average daily rate for adult day care. Average daily cost of a privat
June 10, 2008
Firms reach out to hybrid advisorsAs the number of dually registered advisors climbs, firms are reaching out for talented advisors and their clients' assets, according to Kristen McNamera on CNNMoney.com....
June 08, 2008
Good Time to Be a Seller, Sort OfIt's a good time to be a seller of an RIA firm, at least a certain kind of RIA firm, according to the latest definitive research on mergers and acquisitions activity in the advisory market, though there has been a slowdown so far in 2008 on completed deals.
June 04, 2008
FRC: Target-Date Holdings VaryManagers of funds aimed at investors with similar anticipated retirement dates use a wide variety of asset-allocation strategies.Managers of "target date" funds usually say they ...
June 04, 2008
FRC: Target-Date Holdings VaryManagers of funds aimed at investors with similar anticipated retirement dates use a wide variety of asset-allocation strategies.Managers of "target date" funds usually say they ...
June 02, 2008
Desperate measures for desperate timesOkay, so now it seems sovereign wealth funds aren't really as much of a concerns as Hank Paulson originally thought. Oil prices skyrocket, the Arab...