Alternative investments provide diversification benefits, but be prepared to sit on them for a while
New offerings from Stadion aim to generate equity-like returns with fixed-income-like volatility
When the average investor looks at the biggest alternatives mutual funds, the fund world's most familiar names probably won't show up.
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.
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 investors will shift more money into commodities, real estate and direct investments in private companies, a survey has found.
Firm that famously avoided huge losses when real estate tanked is launching mortgage fund
'Barn find' condition car nets $65,000 in auction; oldest surviving unrestored care of its type
Housing values down 3.7% in November in 20 major cities; 'a turn for the worse'
Out-of-pocket costs on drugs and medical insurance are the second-most-costly item for older folks.
American Realty Capital has fired a second salvo in a hostile takeover bid for Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Inc., a non-traded real estate investment trust that is in flux.
