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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 10, 2009
Single-family home prices fell 18.9% in January

The median sales price of single-family homes tumbled 3.5% in January, from December, and 18.9% from a year ago, according to Integrated Asset Services LLC in Denver.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 09, 2009
Survey: Buyers, sellers still disagree on home prices

A sharp disconnect still exists between homeowners and sellers over the real value of home prices, according to the latest survey by HomeGain.com Inc.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 04, 2009
Obama launches housing plan

The Obama administration is kicking off a new program designed to help up to 9 million borrowers stay in their homes through refinanced mortgages or loans that are modified to lower monthly payments.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 03, 2009
Citi to lower some mortgage payments

Citigroup Inc. said Tuesday that it will lower mortgage payments for some homeowners for three months as part of a new program to help the unemployed.

INVESTING RIAS MAR 03, 2009
RIAs lash out at Schwab hedge fund decision

A consortium of RIAs is “actively looking elsewhere” for custodial partners after Charles Schwab said it would stop accepting custody of alternative investments.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 03, 2009
Homes sales hit new low in January

The number of people signing contracts to buy homes tumbled to a new low in January.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES MAR 03, 2009
Hedge funds 4Q outflow largest since ‘94

Investors yanked about $147 billion from hedge funds worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2008, a 689% decline from the third quarter.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 26, 2009
New-home sales plunged 48% in January

Sales of new single-family homes dropped more than 48% to a record low in Jan.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 26, 2009
Obama seeks to jack taxes on hedgers

All carried-interest distributions from private-equity funds and hedge funds would be taxed as ordinary income instead of capital gains under Obama's proposed budget.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 25, 2009
Managed-futures funds cool down

Managed-futures funds, which finished 2008 as one of the best-performing alternative strategies, hit a bump in January.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 24, 2009
Paying off a mortgage

A client wants to pay off his mortgage with a retirement account distribution and is wondering about the short- and long-term financial ramifications.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 24, 2009
Commercial real estate dove 14.9% in December

Commercial real estate prices plunged 14.9% on average in December from the same month a year ago.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 24, 2009
OppenheimerFunds shutters Tremont fund

OppenheimerFunds Inc. has elected to shutter its OFI Tremont Core Strategies Hedge Fund and start returning the fund's roughly $100 million in assets to clients.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 24, 2009
Home prices plunge 18% in 4Q

Prices of existing single-family homes tumbled 18.2% on average in the fourth quarter of 2008, marking the biggest year-over-year price decline in 21 years

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 23, 2009
Cohen & Steers nabs new sales head from AllianceBernstein

Cohen & Steers Inc. has snagged David Edlin from AllianceBernstein Investments Inc. to be its new national sales manager, the company announced this morning.

INVESTING RIAS FEB 20, 2009
Schwab ends custody of alternative investments

Concerned about liability related to hedge funds, Schwab is telling registered investment advisers that it will no longer accept custody of alternative assets.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 17, 2009
Hedge funds could be hit with higher brokerage fees

Poor performance by hedge funds has driven some brokerage firms to reduce services to the funds, including financing, the Wall Street Journal reported today.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 17, 2009
Hedge funds returns increase

While equity markets have shown little signs of rebounding, hedge fund strategies considerably improved their performance last month.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 13, 2009
Institutional investors sticking with alternatives

The current market turbulence combined with some spectacular scandals has not yet jarred institutional investors from their investment strategies.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 12, 2009
Asian hedgers fail to earn performance fees

A brutal 2008 will mean that a majority of Asian hedge funds will not charge performance fees, according to published reports.