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INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 25, 2012
SSgA skips commodities in new managed-futures fund

Low-volatility offering to invest in equity, fixed-income and currency futures

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 25, 2012
Three investing lessons learned from this summer

This week should be a good time to ponder what we all learned this summer and what this means for investing going forward.

Study: Alt ETFs growing on advisers
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 21, 2012
Study: Alt ETFs growing on advisers

Advisers plan to increase their use of alternative ETFs at twice the rate of alternative mutual funds over the next two years; overall alternatives use slipping.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 18, 2012
Ex-JPMorgan exec made killing off whale of a mistake

Feldstein made money betting against the bank, then made more helping it unwind the trades; 'not a master of the universe'

Unreal yields see Gross trumpet real assets
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 13, 2012
Unreal yields see Gross trumpet real assets

Bond king says property, commodities a better bet for protecting purchasing power

Where are all the assets going? Into the hedges
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 13, 2012
Where are all the assets going? Into the hedges

Hedge funds expected to see substantial leap in AUM in next five years; risk management is key

INVESTING RIAS SEP 11, 2012
How to sell complex financial products in a hostile environment

Because many complex financial products have the potential for sudden and/or severe losses of principal, it is imperative that firms recommending these products document a thorough “reasonable basis” suitability analysis.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 10, 2012
SMA managers bullish on alt ETFs

Morningstar expands coverage of alternatives universe
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 10, 2012
Morningstar expands coverage of alternatives universe

Initial coverage encompassed 40 funds; so far, only one merits a gold star

INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 09, 2012
Old-school tactic could lure investors

INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING SEP 09, 2012
$3B acquisition of REIT sets 'speed record'

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 09, 2012
Ethical investments could give hedge funds an edge

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 09, 2012
ETN tied to VIX vaporizes as S&P rises on job data

There's the rub: VIX bets turn cash into vapor
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 07, 2012
There's the rub: VIX bets turn cash into vapor

Experts continue to foresee extreme volatility for equity markets. One small hitch: investors who've been placing VIX bets have seen their cash turn to vapor.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 07, 2012
Decline in equity value of major nontraded REITs

Popular nontraded REIT puts development into bankruptcy
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 07, 2012
Popular nontraded REIT puts development into bankruptcy

Latest news from Behringer Harvard 'doesn't bode well for shareholders,' says due diligence expert

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 06, 2012
REIT values are up, but so is skepticism

Some industry experts greeted the higher values of nontraded real estate investment trusts with a degree of skepticism, pointing to an overall problem in valuing REITs.

$3B acquisition of newly public REIT sets 'speed record'
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 02, 2012
$3B acquisition of newly public REIT sets 'speed record'

Acquisition of American Realty just six months after the REIT went public sets a 'speed record' for the industry.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 02, 2012
Cole REIT eyes asset sale or IPO

Shaky platform? GOP won't protect mortgage tax deduction
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 29, 2012
Shaky platform? GOP won't protect mortgage tax deduction

A GOP platform committee refused to take the mortgage tax break off the chopping block. It remains to be seen if the historic move will help -- or hurt -- Mitt Romney.