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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAY 01, 2014
An alternative bond strategy that contains no bonds

“The best hedge of a stock portfolio is something that by design moves in the opposite direction of the stock market,” says Sungarden's Isbitts

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 29, 2014
Awash in alt fund launches, Morningstar examines coverage standards

Analysts may have to examine less than three years' performance.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 29, 2014
The perfect storm: Why alts make sense

High equity prices, low bond yields and geopolitical risk are all leading to new popularity for this once-shunned allocation. Find out how more portfolio strategists are moving away from the traditional 60/40 split.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 29, 2014
Alternative investing program targets advisers looking to diversify

Timing of new certification training couldn't be better with stocks at highs and rates set to climb.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 28, 2014
A better TIC?

Newfangled private placements called DSTs offer some improvements to TICs, many of which backfired during the financial crisis, but DSTs still carry high costs and are illiquid. Bruce Kelly has the story.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 27, 2014
Volatility chiller

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Rate clarity from Janet Yellen and the Fed this week could chill volatility. Plus: Someone doesn't like small caps, <i>IN</i>'s big independent broker-dealer report is out, determining what airline to fly, a new cybersecurity warning and two popes are now saints.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 27, 2014
REITS continue to be hot as first quarter flows top $4B

Sputtering equity market, lackluster bond returns continue to drive investors.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 25, 2014
Information of the macroeconomic kind driving investment strategy

New offering from hedge fund manager AQR seeks to exploit lag between news and market reaction

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 22, 2014
No longer able to blame winter weather, economists see real weakness in housing

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> The truth of the housing market is about to hit. Plus: A fresh batch of market data to start your week; the rich have gotten richer since the financial crisis; stocks are being called overpriced; and why working for a hedge fund is better than working at your company.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 17, 2014
Consumers left in the loan lurch as big banks still hold off

<i>Friday's menu:</i> Consumers still left in the loan lurch. Plus: Which manager just jumped into the liquid alts pool? Some stocks for a rising-rate cycle; commodities are hot again; European banks ride the wave; and Merrill trims its housing outlook.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 15, 2014
Stocks search for direction on a data-rich day

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Which way for stocks on big data day? Plus: The downside of low rates; GM gets some love; Earth Day and earthy companies; the surging price of shrimp makes cheap food, well, less so; and reflection and hope in Boston.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 15, 2014
Net exposure: The long and short of it

Long/short strategies can play an important role in a portfolio, but they're not all created equal.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 15, 2014
CommonWealth REIT removes full board of trustees

A special meeting to elect a new board will be called on or before May 23, according to a statement by the Newton, Mass., real estate investment trust.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 15, 2014
Securities America focus of second state nontraded-REIT inquiry

B-D that was part of Massachusetts settlement is now facing questions from Pennsylvania

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 14, 2014
Environmental services draws investor attention

Progress, the needs of an expanding population and globalization bode well for the environmental services sector, which is a $55 billion industry, spanning everything from protecting the water supply to the disposal of nuclear waste.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 14, 2014
Hedge funds request Puerto Rico borrow to last two years

Hedge funds seeking to participate in Puerto Rico's planned bond offering are asking that the commonwealth raise enough money to meet its needs for two years, two people with knowledge of the preliminary talks said.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 13, 2014
Four top executives of private-placement syndicator DBSI head to jail for fraud

Four top executives of DBSI Inc., one of the leading syndicators of private-placement investments, were convicted by a federal jury on multiple counts of fraud.

INVESTING EQUITIES APR 11, 2014
Markets are bracing for a rough start to the week

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Why investors are bracing for a rough start to the week. Plus: The SEC hones in on hedge funds, rethinking stock buyback programs, trading stocks on your phone, and using your phone to break bad habits

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 10, 2014
Nontraded business development company plans to list on NYSE on April 16

FS Investments also will increase its monthly cash distribution rate.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES APR 10, 2014
Inland American offers limited liquidity event through tender offer

Inland American offers shareholders a way to cash out, but place limits on the buyback and values shares at no more than $6.50 a share.