The immediate future continues to look bright to Tom Forester, manager of the $90 million Forester Value Fund (FVALX). The fund stood out at the end of last year for its 0.4% gain.
The hedge fund industry continues to shrink — though the pace is slowing a bit, according to the latest report from Hedge Fund Research Inc.
Tom Forester, manager of the Forester Value Fund, will bring into the fourth quarter a cautiously optimistic perspective that will include a bit of his trademark profit-taking from some of the portfolio's best performers.
Seizing on an anticipated increase in demand for alternative investments, a Greenwich, Conn.-based firm has rolled out an investible hedge-fund-tracking index that offers liquidity and transparency.
With gold hovering around the psychologically significant $1,000-an-ounce mark and silver making its own impressive ascent this year, the theories naturally abound about whether now is the time to get in or out of precious metals.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has gained almost 50% since its March low, but for those who prefer to cry about how far the stock market fell before March, there is nothing quite like the Dow Jones handkerchief.
Rydex SGI has taken its alternative investment message to a new medium with the launch of a new website, <a hef=http://www.GetAlts.com>GetAlts.com</a>.
A growing trend toward the use of more outside investment products by trust banks could present a broader distribution opportunity for the mutual fund industry, according to the latest research from Cerulli & Associates Inc.
The consolidation and regulatory changes facing the wirehouse brokerage industry is proving to be a bonanza for David A. Noyes & Co., an advisory firm that recently added six veteran financial advisers to its ranks.
