Portfolio Construction
Keep up with the latest news on key elements for successful portfolio construction including asset allocation, asset management options and investment strategies.
Fed Gives Peek At AIG Support Programs
By Allison BellTwo entities formed to help American International Group Inc. unwind complicated financial transactions cut their principal balance levels this fall.
November 16, 2009
Are Currencies the Holy Grail in Diversification?If you believe that allocation to non-correlative assets to diversify portfolios is the Holy Grail of better risk-adjusted returns, you may find this interesting.
November 03, 2009
THE ETF EXPERT: Assets Pouring into Water ETFsWho would not want to own companies that produce or distribute an item that is essential for human life, exists in limited quantities, and has no known substitutes?
November 02, 2009
Whither the Markets? The Devil Is in the Entrails: Searching for Alpha, November 2009Discerning the likely direction of the markets today is like reading a cleverly written mystery novel. In both cases a macro focus is essential, but the devil is in the details.
November 01, 2009
Insurance Update: Bonds. Death Bonds.September's financial news seemed more suitable for Halloween, with headlines about the "macabre" subject of "death bonds" cropping up everywhere from mainstream media to the...
November 01, 2009
Asset AllocationBehind the Numbers, with Gail Dudack Taking a contrary position to a lot of the people she speaks with, the principal of the Dudack Research Group...
November 01, 2009
The ETF Advisor: Precious Metal ETFsWhat makes precious metals funds so attractive is that they offer investors the ability to gain unleveraged exposure to gold and other precious metals without...
November 01, 2009
Still TimeIn delivering a short history of the SRI movement, Steve Schueth, president of First Affirmative Financial Network in Colorado Springs, Colorado, explains that SRI originally...