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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 23, 2011
Oil and gas investments fuel economy - and client returns

Adviser Jim Ehrenkrook believes that investing in oil and gas is crucial to clients' portfolio performance

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 21, 2011
Experts: Commercial real estate market at too high a gear

After driving into a ditch during the worldwide economic meltdown, commercial real estate has taken to the comeback trail way too quickly and could end up crashing again, real estate veterans warn

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 21, 2011
Investors using ETPs more for risk management

Stomach-turning global volatility has bolstered demand for certain alternative exchange-traded products used by institutions to hedge their portfolios or make directional bets quickly in order to profit from market instability

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 21, 2011
TD: Not all going swimmingly at Thinkorswim

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. said last week that some of its clients experienced issues with electronic trades after the company integrated its Thinkorswim options broker the previous weekend

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 17, 2011
TD Ameritrade pushes options trading to custodial clients

TD Ameritrade Inc. wants financial advisers who hold assets in custody at the firm to do more options trading, using its thinkorswim options-trading platform

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 17, 2011
Options broker ready for an offer

With growth slowing and the industry consolidating around him, optionsXpress Holdings Inc. chief executive David Fisher is ready to sell

Surprise! S&P 500 index no longer largest ETF
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 16, 2011
Surprise! S&P 500 index no longer largest ETF

Spider Gold Trust surpasses bellwether in market cap; 'portfolio antidote for the global financial crisis'

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 15, 2011
Risk-minded investors shift focus to alternative funds

Investors and financial advisers may be elated that the S&P 500 has almost doubled since it bottomed in March 2009, but that improvement hasn't erased the memories of 2008

Hedge funds limited losses in first half of August
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 14, 2011
Hedge funds limited losses in first half of August

Through the first two weeks of the month, while the S&P 500 Index fell by 13.2%, the Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index was down 3.7%.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 12, 2011
Alternative-strategy funds thrive despite spotty record

Private funds to get public scrutiny — but family offices to get a pass
INVESTING RIAS AUG 09, 2011
Private funds to get public scrutiny — but family offices to get a pass

SEC vote requires hedgies, PE firms to register with commission; exemption granted for family offices

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 07, 2011
Commonwealth, LPL sold troubled private placement

After avoiding the pitfalls of disastrous Regulation D deals over the past decade, Commonwealth Financial Network and LPL Financial LLC are contending with potential fallout from a real estate private placement that faces pressure from its creditors

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 05, 2011
Buzz: Commonwealth, LPL could see fallout from Reg D deal they sold

Commonwealth Financial Network and LPL Financial LLC are contending with potential fallout from a real estate private placement they sold that faces pressure from its creditors.

The 'perfect time' for a covered-call strategy? One PM thinks so
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 04, 2011
The 'perfect time' for a covered-call strategy? One PM thinks so

Van Hulzen Asset Management's new Iron Horse Fund will follow an options strategy that the $250 million shop has been applying in separate accounts for nearly a decade.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 03, 2011
Special report: Alternative investments

Despite a spotty record -- and a market rebound -- investors are pouring money into risk-reducing vehicles.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 03, 2011
Pooling resources creates a wealth of alternative assets

Alternatives are such an integral part of Matrix Wealth Advisors Inc.'s philosophy that the fee-only firm has a pooled fund devoted to the category

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 01, 2011
Institutional investors going long/short on commodities

With registration looming, many hedge funds say they'll follow Soros
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 26, 2011
With registration looming, many hedge funds say they'll follow Soros

With registration requirements looming, more hedge fund managers are likely to follow George Soros in opting for the family office structure over the red tape of running a hedge fund.

INVESTING EQUITIES JUL 25, 2011
Mobius: Another crisis is 'around the corner'

Another financial crisis is inevitable, according to Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton Asset Management's emerging-markets group

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 24, 2011
AQR launches mutual fund with hedge traits

AQR Capital Management LLC is tapping into the growing appetite for alternative investments by launching a mutual fund that employs nine different hedge fund strategies