Alternative Investments
The latest news and developments about alternative investments and how they can help boost portfolio performance and reduce risk
No "I" in Team
By Bob KeaneIn talking to Cheryl Holland about the Abacus Planning Group, her Columbia, South Carolina-based firm, perhaps the most striking thing is how little she uses...
September 14, 2005
NASD Fines 3 Firms For Market Timing TransactionsWashingtonThe National Association of Securities Dealers, in a new disciplinary effort, has fined three firms and a broker at each of them for market ...
September 14, 2005
Mortgage-Backed Securities Growth Reflects Blazing Real Estate MarketTop 50 insurers' pass-through holdings grow to $76.4 billionA blazing real estate market is being reflected both in the increase in mortgage-backed securities in ...
September 08, 2005
Democrats Question Timing Of Medicaid HearingSome Democrats who appeared today at a U.S. House hearing on Medicaid reform said the hearing should have been postponed.[@@]Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, chairman ...
September 01, 2005
Hedge Fund Indexes Grow UpMirroring the growth of the hedge fund industry, hedge fund indexing has taken off in recent years, driven by investor demand for transparent benchmarks and...
September 01, 2005
Behind the Numbers, with lincoln andersonthe most bullish on equities of all our panelists for what seems to him the most obvious of reasons. "In terms of relative valuations the...
August 31, 2005
NestEggPullquoteRe-doNest Egg Pullquote Re-do"I am definitely seeing an increase in interest [in SRI]. For many individuals, it's not only a matter of personal ethics ...
August 31, 2005
Planners Say Bubble Discussion Is Not FrothFinancial planners faced with questions from boomers about a pending real estate bubble need to separate froth from fact and discuss such a possibility ...