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A 60-40 portfolio can no longer deliver growth and inflation protection, investment strategist warns
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 28, 2015
A 60-40 portfolio can no longer deliver growth and inflation protection, investment strategist warns

The new model includes private equity, venture capital, activist investing, gold, timber and collectibles

INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 28, 2015
Like it or not, the U.S. economy does better with a Democrat in the White House

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The economy has historically done better with a Democrat in the White House. Why that is remains a mystery.

The best and worst-performing liquid alternatives funds
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 25, 2015
The best and worst-performing liquid alternatives funds

Funds that employ alternative strategies — even those in the same general category — can perform drastically differently.

INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 23, 2015
Jim Cramer's stock picks miss the mark

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: TV stock barker Jim Cramer received a failing grade from a finance professor for a dismal 28% success rate in picking stocks.

Sounding the secular stagnation alarm bells
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 22, 2015
Sounding the secular stagnation alarm bells

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Larry Summers is sounding the alarm for secular stagnation.

Carl Icahn campaigns against corporate inversions and for himself
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 21, 2015
Carl Icahn campaigns against corporate inversions and for himself

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Carl Icahn's smooth move to try and halt corporate inversions in the name of tax patriotism is, naturally, also pretty good for his own portfolio.

Warren Buffett doesn't have time to fiddle with activist investing
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 21, 2015
Warren Buffett doesn't have time to fiddle with activist investing

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Warren Buffett's distaste for activist investing boils down to simple math.

Hedge funds could post worst year since 2011
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 15, 2015
Hedge funds could post worst year since 2011

But performance of the alternative asset class still ahead of stocks.

Gold rises from the dead
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 14, 2015
Gold rises from the dead

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: A dead asset no longer, gold shines bright above its 200-day moving average for the first time in five months.

INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 13, 2015
Advisers using alternative investments still struggle with allocations

How much to allocate is both an unanswerable question in general and one that absolutely needs to be addressed for each client. </br><b><i>(More: <a href=&quot;http://www.investmentnews.com/section/specialreport/20151011/ALTS2015&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;>IN's Spotlight on Alternative Investments special report</a>)</b></i>

Fallout at Fortress Investment Group
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 11, 2015
Fallout at Fortress Investment Group

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Top hedge fund manager Michael Novogratz (pictured) hits the bricks, and the firm is closing its flagship macro hedge fund.

How to work infrastructure funds into clients' portfolios
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 07, 2015
How to work infrastructure funds into clients' portfolios

Three allocation strategies that could let clients tap into the global infrastructure boom

An extreme tale of two liquid alt funds in the same category
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 07, 2015
An extreme tale of two liquid alt funds in the same category

When fund managers can go anywhere, sometimes they do.

Alternative investments can do what stocks and bonds can't
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 05, 2015
Alternative investments can do what stocks and bonds can't

Adding alternatives could help clients more than traditional portfolios, <i>InvestmentNews</i> webcast panel agrees

Bank of America isn't banking on a 4Q stock market rally
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 05, 2015
Bank of America isn't banking on a 4Q stock market rally

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The lack of corporate outlooks this earnings season could be a bad sign for stocks over the next few months.

Bearish real estate market creating opportunities for REITs, investors
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 03, 2015
Bearish real estate market creating opportunities for REITs, investors

Blackstone exec says expects more REITs to go private, asset sales, share buybacks, debt reduction.

Smart beta and market cap indexing: Better together
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 02, 2015
Smart beta and market cap indexing: Better together

It's not an either/or proposition; when combined, the two strategies can achieve broad diversification.

A weak outlook for earnings doesn't bode well for stocks
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 01, 2015
A weak outlook for earnings doesn't bode well for stocks

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Corporate earnings are expected to decline 4.1%, and the stock market hunkers down for a rough earnings season.

Activist investor calls for board revamp at New York REIT
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 01, 2015
Activist investor calls for board revamp at New York REIT

Jonathan Litt says REIT, once a part of Nicholas Schorsch's real estate empire, suffering from lack of investor confidence due to legacy management structure.

Two Schorsch REITs cancel liquidity events
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 30, 2015
Two Schorsch REITs cancel liquidity events

AR Capital points to market turbulence and impending merger with Apollo.