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Investment Advisor April 2007 Michael S. Fischer	Behind the Curtain RIAs and their high-net-worth clients have dramatically increased the use of alternative investments in their portfolios in recent years, and are on track to continue this trend. However, not all advisors, much less their clients, are comfortable with alternatives.
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Investment Advisor July 2007 Jeff Joseph	Overlay Uses 101 Separation of alpha and beta appears to be the mantra du jour in portfolio management. Here's how overlays fit in.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2011 Stephen Roseman	Hedge Fund Myths Mean Missed Opportunities Misperceptions about what hedge funds do need to be set straight. Individuals won't be able to make educated investment decisions about them unless they understand what they are -- and are not.
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Investment Advisor August 2005 Jeff Joseph	Hedgeworld Hedge Fund Focus: Institutions Are Still Committed Two recent surveys provide insights into the current state of hedge funds and their longer-term performance.
The Motley Fool February 9, 2007 Tom Taulli	The Fortress IPO: Opening the Drawbridge to Hedge Funds With Fortress's IPO, retail investors can now get a shot at playing hedge funds and private equity. But at its current valuation, the risks are certainly hefty.
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Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 Neil O'Hara	Dearth of Easy Pickings? Now that retail investors are able to partake of hedge funds in unprecedented numbers, some are calling hedge investing a bubble about to be popped... Largest SEC Registered Funds of Funds... Hedge Fund Index Performance...
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Real Estate Portfolio May/Jun 2008 Ryan Chittum	From Alpha to Beta Sophisticated concepts of hedging alpha risk with beta, long familiar in the hedge fund world, are largely absent from real estate investing.
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Registered Rep. November 1, 2002 Dave Tsujimoto	In Defense of Hedge Funds Here's why any rep with high-net-worth clients ought to become familiar with the nuances of hedge funds.
Knowledge@Wharton February 26, 2003	The Perils of Hedge Fund Regulation Hedge fund products are increasingly available to a broader audience than previously had access to this asset class. A barrage of news reports focused on hedge fund fraud and blowups raises the idea that regulation might provide a useful fix. So should hedge funds be regulated? No.
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Registered Rep. August 26, 2011 Stan Luxenberg	Hedge Funds Now Going for Institutional Money Instead of HNW Individuals While hedge funds once catered primarily to wealthy individuals, now the main clients are pensions and institutions. That shift is forcing hedge funds to change the way they operate.
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