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Money Magnets Today's distressed real estate assets are attracting well-capitalized investors.  |
Financial Advisor November 2003 Alan Lavine |
Alternate Ways To Hedge Portfolios Should you put your well-heeled clients into unregistered or registered hedge funds? Or is it better to select a mutual fund that uses hedge-fund tactics and is managed by a registered investment company?  |
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Betting On Troubled Assets CCIMs share creative strategies for playing in this high-risk market.  |
Financial Advisor November 2007 Marla Brill |
Three Roads To Value Merger arbitrage and undervalued stocks are appealing to Franklin Templeton's Mutual Qualified Fund manager Anne Gudefin, but she's waiting on distressed debt.  |
Financial Advisor August 2007 Marla Brill |
Hedging Your Bets A growing group of market-neutral mutual funds have distilled the essence of hedge fund investing into a more regulated, liquid and accessible format.  |
Financial Advisor January 2006 Evan Simonoff |
The Return Of Activist Investing Franklin-Templeton's Mutual Recovery fund is a hedge fund alternative. The fund focuses on three investment strategies: risk arbitrage, distressed securities and special situations., according to manager Mike Embler.  |
BusinessWeek September 10, 2007 Mara der Hovanesian |
Swooping Down On Subprime There's a banquet of troubled investments to pick from, but valuation is still tricky.  |
BusinessWeek November 12, 2009 |
Values in Mauled Debt A conversation with Michael Winer, manager of Third Avenue Real Estate Value Fund, on strategies for capitalizing on battered real estate.  |
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Prowling For Deals Investors are piling into distressed real estate, but finding good fund managers is critical and not easy.  |
BusinessWeek July 2, 2007 Aaron Pressman |
What Works For Hedge Funds... Now, there's another way for individuals who may covet hedge-fund-like returns and are willing to take the risk: buying shares in companies that invest like hedge funds.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2005 Andrew Stewart |
7 Real Estate Finance Myths Unveiled Discover the market factors that really are influencing today's real estate transactions.  |
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Looks Like a Hedge Fund, Smells Like For clients who cannot --- or will not --- try hedge funds, there is a compelling alternative: mutual funds that follow hedge-like strategies. Here are some options.  |
Investment Advisor August 2007 Jeff Joseph |
The Far Reach of Subprime Woes Leveraged loans to companies are likely to be adversely affected by hedge fund losses from collateralized debt obligations.  |
Financial Advisor January 2009 Marla Brill |
Working The Bond Market Fund manager Andrew Stenwall says high-yield bonds are likely to outperform.  |
Finance & Development December 1, 2007 Randall Dodd |
Subprime: Tentacles of a Crisis The mortgage market turbulence is as much about the breakdown of the structure of U.S. financial markets as it is about bad debt.  |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2008 W. Joseph Caton |
Savvy Fund Managers Seize Opportunity Real estate investment funds have been on a capital-raising binge for the past two quarters.  |
BusinessWeek September 3, 2007 Roben Farzad et al. |
Not So Smart In an era of easy money, financial institutions forgot that the party can't last forever.  |
Financial Planning July 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn |
How Super Are Hedge Funds? They're today's happening investment, but advisers and clients who are swooning over hedge funds should bear in mind that there are many reasons these super-investments don't deserve their glorified image.  |
Financial Advisor August 2009 Marla Brill |
Playing It Safe Consistency and a remarkable lack of surprises have been the hallmarks of this bond fund.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Subprime Truths and Consequences The continuing credit crunch spotlights the perils of leverage. How should your financial advisory clients respond?  |
BusinessWeek October 31, 2005 Mara Der Hovanesian |
Hedges: The New Corporate ATMs Hedge funds and other institutional investors are lending money to corporations as banks get pickier.  |
Financial Advisor May 2008 Marla Brill |
Munis' Turn To Shine One of the country's most influential fixed-income managers is enthusiastic about a municipal bond market that she says is more exciting than any she has seen in her 23-year career.  |
BusinessWeek April 9, 2007 Matthew Goldstein |
Vultures To The Rescue A new market gives holders of distressed hedge funds a quick escape.  |
CFO February 1, 2006 Don Durfee |
Meet Your New Bankers Hedge funds have a pile of cash to lend. Should you take it?  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2008 Suzanne McGee |
The Perfect Alternative Is there an asset class for your clients portfolios whose price moves in the opposite direction to that of mainstream investments like stocks and bonds?  |
Financial Advisor July 2010 Jeff Schlegel |
Seeking Alpha, Avoiding Beta Advisors turn to alternative investments in search of returns without the volatility.  |
Investment Advisor August 2005 Jeff Joseph |
Hedgeworld Hedge Fund Focus: Institutions Are Still Committed Two recent surveys provide insights into the current state of hedge funds and their longer-term performance.  |
BusinessWeek March 10, 2011 Keehner et al. |
Wall Street Pounces on Distressed Muni Deals With corporate bonds rallying, bargain-hunting investors are turning to the muni market, buying debt and taking over properties.  |
Knowledge@Wharton February 26, 2003 |
The Perils of Hedge Fund Regulation Hedge fund products are increasingly available to a broader audience than previously had access to this asset class. A barrage of news reports focused on hedge fund fraud and blowups raises the idea that regulation might provide a useful fix. So should hedge funds be regulated? No.  |
BusinessWeek October 22, 2007 Goldstein & Henry |
Bear Bets Wrong Two Bear Stearns hedge funds soared by specializing in exotic securities and unorthodox practices. Then they imploded and helped set off a global credit market meltdown.  |
Financial Advisor September 2006 Marla Brill |
Riding The Value Train Wintergreen Fund's David Winters embraces the unloved and keeps management on its toes.  |
Commercial Investment Real Estate Sep/Oct 2009 Matt Hudgins |
Office Market Overtime Commercial real estate professionals work long hours managing deals in this struggling sector.  |
BusinessWeek September 17, 2007 Dawn Kopecki |
The SEC Wants More Answers The Securities & Exchange Commission is expanding its probe into the mortgage mess.  |
Financial Advisor September 2009 Gail Liberman |
How Liquid Are Client Mutual Funds? In a falling market, a fund's securities that appear to be liquid suddenly may have no market.  |
Financial Planning December 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn |
Hedge Fund Backlash Investors deserted hedge funds in droves in 2008, angered by the perceived arrogance of managers who weren't holding up to their promises.  |
Investment Advisor January 1, 2011 Ben Warwick |
Investment Advisor's January 2011 Issue: Ben Warwick Won't Compromise on Getting Returns. Period Clients must take risks to make returns. Here's the right way to do it in 2011.  |
Investment Advisor October 2007 Jeff Joseph |
Sub-Prime Returns Redux August appears to have been the worst month for hedge funds since May 2006, when 70% of all hedge funds fell. The first two weeks of the month saw continued woes in subprime mortgage securities.  |
Financial Advisor May 2004 Gene Swanzey |
Hedge Funds Can Complement Modern Portfolio Theory Active management can result in higher risk-adjusted returns.  |
Financial Advisor March 2006 Marla Brill |
Mortgage Bonds Offer Mixed Bag A cooling housing market, rising interest rates and regulatory scrutiny have bond fund managers and fixed-income strategists keeping a watchful eye on the direction of the $5.8 trillion mortgage-backed securities market.  |
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High Yield Bonds: Complex Risks And Opportunities This asset class arguably carries more varied risks, and potential opportunity, than any other publicly-traded fixed income or equity category.  |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2010 Rick Steier |
Should You Capitalize on American Capital? Once on the brink, this company has clawed its way back.  |
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How Real Is the Rally in Real Estate Bonds? Companies are jumping back into mortgage securities, but they may regret their moves.  |
The Motley Fool July 16, 2007 S.J. Caplan |
Investor 007's Bond Dossier Bond basics and beyond. Spying on rates: U.S. Treasury -- 2-year... 5-year... Clues to the market... Detecting developments... Hot tip: Agency mortgage bonds suffered their worst month in June in nearly four years... etc.  |
The Motley Fool December 5, 2011 Jim Royal |
Hidden Stocks That Can Beat the Pros Look toward small-cap stocks for long-term outperformance.  |
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Demystifying Hedge Funds In an effort to soothe worries about transparency and supervision, public authorities are trying to develop new approaches to meet the public's need for financial system stability and investor protection while enabling investors to enjoy the benefits that hedge funds bring to financial markets.  |
Financial Advisor February 2004 Evan Simonoff |
The Other Side Of Hedge Funds Some advisors are using hedge funds to minimize risk, not boost returns.  |
BusinessWeek February 4, 2010 Harrington et al. |
Wall Street's New Flight to Risk With interest rates at rock bottom, investors are embracing exotic bonds -- and using leverage again.  |
The Motley Fool December 20, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
The Ratings Game The companies that rate bonds look at several factors in rating fixed-income securities. Learn how these ratings work, and don't buy without knowing the facts.  |