Alternatives

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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 22, 2012
Wealthy on collectibles shopping spree — but buyer's remorse awaits

Pouring 10% of their investment capitial into treasure assets; you can't wear a money-market fund

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 22, 2012
Baseball's 'most famous collectable' could fetch $1.5M

Rare 1909 Honus Wagner card goes on the block; higher-grade version sold for nearly $3M

INVESTING OPINION MAR 18, 2012
Why housing deserves another look

As the housing market starts to recover, advisers and investors might want to reconsider portfolio allocations.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 18, 2012
Pacific West is ordered to pony up $2.1M over TICs

Why advisers should — or should not — invest in hedge funds
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 15, 2012
Why advisers should — or should not — invest in hedge funds

Two investors square off over the value of these private funds

'Future' part crucial to managed futures
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 15, 2012
'Future' part crucial to managed futures

Alternative investments provide diversification benefits, but be prepared to sit on them for a while

These two alternatives funds come with beta blockers
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 15, 2012
These two alternatives funds come with beta blockers

New offerings from Stadion aim to generate equity-like returns with fixed-income-like volatility

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 13, 2012
Pimco: Finding opportunities in options

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 13, 2012
TIC investments come back to bite

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 13, 2012
Boutique money managers lead way with alternatives

When the average investor looks at the biggest alternatives mutual funds, the fund world's most familiar names probably won't show up.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 13, 2012
T. Boone Pickens takes $1B bath on hedge funds

Famed Texas oil investor T. Boone Pickens, who has recently called for greater energy independence by investing in alternative sources, has seen his energy-related hedge funds lose nearly $1 billion this year, The Wall Street Journal reported today.

An unexpected locale (and reason) for a real estate boom
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 12, 2012
An unexpected locale (and reason) for a real estate boom

Iranians are turning to real estate to protect savings, helping fuel a building boom in the capital, as international sanctions weaken the rial and the government curbs foreign- currency and gold purchases

Wealthy to invest more in commodities, cut cash: Survey
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 06, 2012
Wealthy to invest more in commodities, cut cash: Survey

Wealthy investors will shift more money into commodities, real estate and direct investments in private companies, a survey has found.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 04, 2012
Ex-real estate group head guilty of fraud

After betting on housing crash, Goldman now betting on housing reboot
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 29, 2012
After betting on housing crash, Goldman now betting on housing reboot

Firm that famously avoided huge losses when real estate tanked is launching mortgage fund

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 29, 2012
Grubb & Ellis goes bust; to sell assets to brokerage firm

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 27, 2012
Former LPL rep sold TICs with "tricks,' lawyer says

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 26, 2012
Managed futures' performance fees lurk in loophole

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 24, 2012
Mini fetches max cash, tops Keith Richards' convertible

'Barn find' condition car nets $65,000 in auction; oldest surviving unrestored care of its type

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 24, 2012
Thanks to foreclosures, apartments now a hot property