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Commission claims optionsXpress unit OX Trading operated as unregistered dealer; ex-CFO also named
Nontraded REIT Retail Properties went public last week. But the offering price for Retail, whose tenants include Best Buy and Wal-Mart, was below what was expected. And a reverse stock split dramatically watered down the share price. Result? Investors who bought in a decade ago at $10 now own stock worth less than three bucks.
Investment in nontraditional assets can produce solid returns and help smooth volatility, says Fortigent's Welch
Housing prices stablizing, and even rising in some areas, according to Tozer
More worries for REIT investors. Inland American, the largest nontraded property trust in the U.S., says the SEC is looking into, among other things, the trust's fees and administration.
Activist hedge funds have pulled in at least $2 billion in new assets from institutional investors over the past two years, with a marked acceleration in pace in the second half of 2011 and so far in 2012.
2.6M claim involved DBSI TICs; significant exposure remains
Investors are far more likely to be better off with publicly traded REITs, the research firm said in a report released Wednesday.
New mutual fund RiverPark Long/Short Opportunity Fund launched March 30 and has gained 21.3% so far this year
In a big switch, bears now bulls as funds buy up home loans; 'very high yield'
Amid sustained rally, hedge funds suddenly turn bullish; 'these people have missed it again'
Chilton Investment exec was on vacation in North Carolina; nephew of Julian Robertson
The Oppenheimer Holdings solicitation allegedly overstated the value of holdings in the Global Resource Private Equity Fund, described in a private placement memorandum as a fund of funds intending to invest in natural resource-related companies.
