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Financial Advisor April 2010 Jeff Schlegel |
An Alternative World A growing number of financial advisors and their clients are clamoring for alternative investments in the wake of the massive market maelstrom of '08-'09, but it's a broad space requiring lots of due diligence. |
Financial Advisor May 2011 Jeff Schlegel |
Mainstreaming Alternatives Financial advisors are taking a shine to alternative investments. |
Investment Advisor June 2010 Bob Clark |
Clark at Large: Investing Like the Big Boys Alternatives can make a big difference in client portfolios. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 Kristen French |
Long-Short Funds Catching On Long-short mutual funds have gotten more popular with investors in the last few years, as they increasingly look for low-volatility returns in an unpredictable market. |
The Motley Fool August 13, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Hedging Their Bets? Some mutual funds are starting to look like hedge funds. And many don't do very well. Most investors are better off sticking to broad-market mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. |
Registered Rep. October 19, 2010 Jed Horowitz |
Genworth Wealth Moves Upscale The allure of wealthy investors and their preference for fee-based advisors has permeated the radar of another provider of investment management solutions. |
Registered Rep. June 15, 2009 Kristen French |
Hedge Funds Bruised, But New Retail Products Abound So far this year, investors and advisors seem to have put the brakes on new hedge fund investments. |
Registered Rep. November 6, 2014 David Armstrong |
Drowning in Liquid Alts Liquid alternative funds, which seek to replicate hedge fund strategies in registered mutual fund structures, should play a substantial role in most client portfolios. |
Financial Advisor October 2011 Juliette Fairley |
Staying Afloat Hedged equity mutual funds provide protection against downside risk, but they are costly. |
On Wall Street October 1, 2010 Neil O'Hara |
Alternatives: Vehicles That Smooth Returns A decade of tepid returns in the equity market has increased interest in investments that exhibit low correlation to traditional asset classes like stocks or bonds. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn |
Hedge Fund Backlash Investors deserted hedge funds in droves in 2008, angered by the perceived arrogance of managers who weren't holding up to their promises. |
Registered Rep. January 8, 2010 Halah Touryalai |
A Hedge Fund Resurgence There is legislation in Congress that would require hedge funds to make greater disclosures about the details of their operations. The increased regulation coupled with a recent uptick in hedge fund performance will likely entice some advisors to put their clients back into hedge funds. |
Registered Rep. April 6, 2011 Diana Britton |
Do-It-Yourself Advisors Launch Alternative Funds As assets continue to flow to alternatives in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, many advisors are launching their own alternatives strategies to meet that demand. |
Financial Advisor July 2010 Jeff Schlegel |
Seeking Alpha, Avoiding Beta Advisors turn to alternative investments in search of returns without the volatility. |
Entrepreneur August 2006 Jennifer Pellett |
Safe Bet? What's new in the mutual fund market. |
On Wall Street October 1, 2009 Elizabeth Wine |
Hedge Funds: Are They Worth It? Strategists in the wirehouses and elsewhere say hedge funds were wrongly maligned, and that the good funds can still serve the purpose of diversifying a portfolio and reducing risk. |
Investment Advisor September 2007 Michael S. Fischer |
Getting In How to gain access to private equity, managed futures, and hedge funds. |
BusinessWeek December 17, 2009 Tara Kalwarski |
Alternative Assets for the Masses More private equity and hedge-fund-like products are being aimed at individual investors. Should they jump in now that they have the chance? |
BusinessWeek July 15, 2010 |
Strategies for Capitalizing on Alternative Assets A high-net-worth financial adviser talks about how to hedge your bets. |
Investment Advisor October 2009 |
The Soapbox: What You Need to Know About Hedge Fund Conversions Not all hedge funds can be seamlessly converted into mutual funds. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 Kristen French |
Hedge Funds' Surprising Appeal Independent broker-dealers are adding them at a time when the funds' returns are declining. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2008 Suzanne McGee |
The Perfect Alternative Is there an asset class for your clients portfolios whose price moves in the opposite direction to that of mainstream investments like stocks and bonds? |
The Motley Fool September 11, 2006 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Hedge Fund Wannabes If you have champagne tastes but a beer budget, hybrid mutual funds can represent a practical way to get hedge-fund-like exposure. Templeton Global Long-Short... Diamond Hill Focus Long/Short... Hussman Strategic Growth... |
Financial Advisor July 2012 Karen DeMasters |
A Horse Of A Different Color A new study shows advisors like alternative assets because their returns aren't correlated with those of other investments. |
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. |
Financial Advisor November 2003 Alan Lavine |
Alternate Ways To Hedge Portfolios Should you put your well-heeled clients into unregistered or registered hedge funds? Or is it better to select a mutual fund that uses hedge-fund tactics and is managed by a registered investment company? |
Financial Planning August 1, 2008 William Harding |
A Different Mix As investors suffer through this year's unstable market, the wounded are talking about alternative investments. |
Registered Rep. July 6, 2006 Kevin Burke |
Morningstar Joins Hedge Fund-Data Crowd Financial advisors looking for more information on hedge funds can now turn to Morningstar. |
Registered Rep. February 20, 2006 Kevin Burke |
MFS Chairman Blasts Hedge Funds at NICSA Confab The chairman of fund complex MFS Investment Management is calling for the formation of a task force to overhaul performance reporting for hedge funds. |
Investment Advisor August 2008 Melanie Waddell |
Time for an Alternative The volatile market is sparking more use of alternative assets |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2005 |
Hedge Funds Explained While the word "hedge" conjures up images of investors cautiously hedging their bets, hedge funds are often extra-risky, volatile investment vehicles that demand huge upfront investments, sometimes in the millions. |
Registered Rep. August 30, 2013 Bob Rice |
The Alternative Answer The most exciting, and rapidly developing, branch of liquid alternatives is the "smart beta" category, which provides easy, low-cost access to traditional hedge fund strategies. |
Investment Advisor March 2007 Susan L. Hirshman |
Managing Fear, Maintaining Your Edge How to educate and enlighten your clients on alternative investments. |
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. |
Financial Advisor April 2008 Eric L. Reiner |
Hedging Your Bets Richard Lee Jr. presides over the 50-person Dallas advisory Lee Financial Corp. A private placement fund of hedge funds that Richard Lee Jr. uses for clients returned nearly 20% last year. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn |
Hot Commodities Real assets are on a tear. Better yet, they offer great diversification and a hedge against inflation. The current trend probably has room to run, and there are other very real reasons to allocate a regular portion of clients' portfolios to commodities. |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2012 Diana Britton |
Alternatives Going Mainstream According to data released by Cerulli Associates and Strategic Insight/SIMFUND, alternative mutual funds account for 2.8 percent of overall mutual fund assets today. But Cerulli projects they will account for 9.7 percent of all mutual fund assets in five years. |
Registered Rep. September 30, 2011 Diana Britton |
When Investing in Hedge Funds, Don't Aim For Home Runs Hedge funds and other alternative strategies can provide a reasonable rate of return and lower or negative correlations to stocks and bonds, but they can also carry greater risk. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2012 Allan S. Roth |
Unappealing Alternatives: Investors Flock to Alternative Mutual Funds and ETFs Investors have been flocking to alternative mutual funds and ETFs - and are being punished for it. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2010 Suzanne McGee |
Other Alternatives Advisors will need to devote more time to scrutinizing the ever-growing number of new products. And with each debut, they'll have to go back to the drawing board and decide whether the product makes the grade. |
Financial Advisor September 2010 Jeff Schlegel |
Lowdown On Alternatives Financial Advisor's Innovative Alternative Strategies conference explored alternative investments ranging from covered calls to the Chicago Cubs. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
Hedge Funds Redux Despite a midsummer month's nightmare, hedge funds are still pointing to successful records and raking in money. |
The Motley Fool November 15, 2005 |
Hedge Funds, Explained While the word "hedge" might conjure up images of investors cautiously hedging their bets, hedge funds are often extra-risky, extra-volatile investment vehicles that demand huge up-front investments, sometimes in the millions. |
On Wall Street May 1, 2011 Robert J. Lindner |
Stabilizing Portfolios With Managed Futures Largely ignored by the advisor community, the Managed Futures Index returned 10.23% annualized over the 30-year period ending December 2010. Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned an annualized 8.92% and the S&P 500 returned 10.71% annualized. |
Registered Rep. February 7, 2012 Diana Britton |
Yield of Dreams: Managed Futures for Crisis Alpha, But What About the New Normal? The majority of managed futures managers are trend followers, meaning they react to price movement and ride trends. They don't try to make a prediction about where the markets are headed. The hard part is knowing you're in a trend when it's happening. |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Beware of Crashing Hedge Funds Being locked out of hedge funds might actually benefit you. |
The Motley Fool June 2, 2006 John Finneran |
Hedge Fund Wizards Money managers cast spells over the market -- and reap huge rewards. Hedge funds operate in a haze. Penetrating how they earn returns and take risks is tough, but is a good exercise for investors. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2011 Temma Ehrenfeld |
The Big Idea: Diversify With Futures Your clients may balk when they hear "futures" - accusing you of straying into a fantasy of an asset class that solves all our problems. Yet finance professionals have used managed futures for decades to boost the performance of stock and bond portfolios. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn |
How Super Are Hedge Funds? They're today's happening investment, but advisers and clients who are swooning over hedge funds should bear in mind that there are many reasons these super-investments don't deserve their glorified image. |
Investment Advisor March 2006 Jeff Joseph |
Hedgeworld Hedge Fund Focus: A Bright Start for '06 Good news seemingly came at hedge fund managers from all directions in January. Equity market returns were up as was volatility, emerging markets showed gains, and there was big merger news on which to trade. |