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Investment Advisor
March 2010
Robert J. Lindner
Subtraction Through Addition How adding risk to a client's portfolio can sometimes reduce overall risk. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
May 2006
Louis Stanasolovich
Managed Futures: Worth A Look Most financial advisors and the general public have little knowledge of managed futures as an investable asset class, but they offer a way to increase returns and diversification in a long-term bear market. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2011
Temma Ehrenfeld
The Big Idea: Diversify With Futures Your clients may balk when they hear "futures" - accusing you of straying into a fantasy of an asset class that solves all our problems. Yet finance professionals have used managed futures for decades to boost the performance of stock and bond portfolios. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 25, 2011
Brad Zigler
Managed Futures Mainstreamed Changes in the regulatory scheme have since allowed the creation of lower-cost commodity-based mutual funds and exchange-traded products which can be marketed by Series 7 folk and RIA associates. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
August 2009
Jeff Schlegel
Seeking Alternatives Managed futures generate interest as people pick up the pieces of their shattered stock and bond portfolios. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
December 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn
Hot Commodities Real assets are on a tear. Better yet, they offer great diversification and a hedge against inflation. The current trend probably has room to run, and there are other very real reasons to allocate a regular portion of clients' portfolios to commodities. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
May 1, 2011
Robert J. Lindner
Stabilizing Portfolios With Managed Futures Largely ignored by the advisor community, the Managed Futures Index returned 10.23% annualized over the 30-year period ending December 2010. Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned an annualized 8.92% and the S&P 500 returned 10.71% annualized. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2007
Donald Jay Korn
Different Strokes This summer's volatile markets proved that allocating funds among uncorrelated assets really does work. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
May 2011
Jeff Schlegel
Mainstreaming Alternatives Financial advisors are taking a shine to alternative investments. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
September 20, 2013
Brad Zigler
Finding Order in (Commodity) Chaos Managed futures funds have struggled recently, but historically outperform equities (at least on a risk-adjusted basis). Here's how retail investors can play along. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
March 2010
Alan Lavine
Markowitz: MPT Holds Up Modern portfolio theory never claimed diversification would help during financial crises. mark for My Articles similar articles
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? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
November 1, 2012
Allan S. Roth
Unappealing Alternatives: Investors Flock to Alternative Mutual Funds and ETFs Investors have been flocking to alternative mutual funds and ETFs - and are being punished for it. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
July 2011
Virginia Munger Kahn
Natural Selection Are futures or natural resource stocks the best way to get commodity exposure? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
September 2010
Jeff Schlegel
Lowdown On Alternatives Financial Advisor's Innovative Alternative Strategies conference explored alternative investments ranging from covered calls to the Chicago Cubs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
July 2011
Alternatives In The Spotlight Many of the 600 attendees at the second annual Innovative Alternative Strategies conference came to learn how to use these investments in client portfolios. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2009
Geoff Considine
Not Without Risk Any discussion of whether the theoretical constructs of asset allocation and diversification broke down must start with a reasonable estimate of what they were supposed to provide. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2010
Michael Johnston
3 Low-Volatility ETF Options Smooth out your volatility and lower your blood pressure with these three ETFs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
October 2005
David Reilly
Is Risk Really A Four Letter Word? Once esoteric investing strategies, such as managed currency and commodity futures, real estate, short selling, arbitrage and event-driven strategies, allow portfolio risk management to be taken to the next level. Advisers, take note. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 7, 2012
Diana Britton
Yield of Dreams: Managed Futures for Crisis Alpha, But What About the New Normal? The majority of managed futures managers are trend followers, meaning they react to price movement and ride trends. They don't try to make a prediction about where the markets are headed. The hard part is knowing you're in a trend when it's happening. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
May 14, 2007
Lewis Braham
A Two-Way Wager On Commodities Rydex' new fund allows investors to play the ups and downs of the futures market. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
August 16, 2010
Brad Zigler
Commodity Funds or Commodity Exchange-traded Products? The tumult in the equities markets has forced a lot of investors and advisors to consider diversifying their portfolios with alternative asset classes. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
August 2004
Pauline P. Lam
Commodity Investments Help Diversify Portfolios A new tool--resampled efficiency--helps create optimal allocations. Investors can gain exposure to commodities by investing in commodity index or individual commodity futures contracts. A third option is mutual funds. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
May 1, 2008
Mark Willoughby
Volatility Bites For those who had begun to underestimate the impact volatility can have on managing investment portfolios, the events of 2007 and early 2008 have been a sobering reminder. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
October 1, 2013
Jeff Tjornehoj
Are Alts Making the Grade? The most recent crop of alt fund contenders are performing like a classroom full of underachievers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 26, 2012
Brad Zigler
Managed Futures: Easier To Get, But Harder To Love Obama okays advertising by hedge funds and CTAs. What effect will this have on the investment vehicles? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
October 1, 2013
Ilana Polyak
Fund Bracing for Market Shocks Managed futures have lost some of their luster, but AQR makes a compelling case for the category. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
May 2005
Marla Brill
Commodities Go Mainstream Until recently the high costs and complexity associated with commodity investing kept many investors away. But now, new products make it easier to get a pure play on commodity prices. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
June 2010
Bob Clark
Clark at Large: Investing Like the Big Boys Alternatives can make a big difference in client portfolios. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
February 1, 2006
Joan Warner
The Case For Portable ALPHA As international markets become more correlated, the need for financial advisers and money managers to access greater diversification -- while hedging risk -- could make this strategy investing's next hot model. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
May 2009
David J. Drucker
Does Asset Allocation Need A Facelift? Has the 2008 stock market changed the rules of asset allocation and how we manage asset volatility? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
May 1, 2013
Craig L. Israelsen
Alternative Investments With the Best Payoff Some nontraditional investments can provide valuable diversification in a portfolio. But choose wisely. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
April 2010
Robert J. Lindner
Expert's Corner: Putting It in Neutral Advisors can improve a client's portfolio by using a market neutral strategy. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
October 1, 2013
Craig L. Israelsen
Should Clients Avoid Bonds Now? With rates inching upward, some clients may want to skip fixed-income investments entirely. They shouldn't. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
March 1, 2005
Mutual Fund Monitor Commodities futures have unique diversification properties and, on average, perform well whenever stocks and bonds have done poorly. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
November 17, 2010
Baer & Baer
Strengthen Portfolios and Client Confidence Through Open Architecture The past two years have been a lesson in wealth preservation mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 28, 2015
Brad Zigler
Futures Funds Hitting the Fences No surprise that managed futures (the actively managed futures portfolios) top this year's list of hedge fund strategies. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
April 2004
Pauline P. Lam
What You Should Know About Commodity Indexes Direct commodity investment has a place in every investment portfolio. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
April 2007
Michael S. Fischer
Behind the Curtain RIAs and their high-net-worth clients have dramatically increased the use of alternative investments in their portfolios in recent years, and are on track to continue this trend. However, not all advisors, much less their clients, are comfortable with alternatives. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
December 2005
Alan Lavine
Playing Two Sides PIMCO's three-year-old StocksPlus Total Return Fund buys S&P 500 futures, then tries to beat the index with bonds. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
January 2006
Callahan & Howard
Boxes Are Not Classes Advisors who use style boxes as proxies for asset classes are performing a disservice to clients. Here's why characteristic boxes are not asset classes and allocating among various characteristic boxes is useless at best. mark for My Articles similar articles
Real Estate Portfolio
Jul/Aug 2007
Erin Corcoran
Shining Stars New research helps drive home a simple fact: when it comes to delivering performance, stability, and portfolio diversification, no part of the stock market even comes close to REITs. mark for My Articles similar articles
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2004
Christopher M. Wright
Q&A with Roger Gibson Roger Gibson is a nationally recognized expert in asset allocation and portfolio design. In a recent interview he discusses among other things, diversification and where REITs fit into his clients' portfolios. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
August 1, 2008
William Harding
A Different Mix As investors suffer through this year's unstable market, the wounded are talking about alternative investments. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
May 2004
Gene Swanzey
Hedge Funds Can Complement Modern Portfolio Theory Active management can result in higher risk-adjusted returns. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
April 2006
Matt Hougan
Rolling With Commodities Commodities can play an important role in a portfolio, and the much-anticipated Deutsche Bank commodities ETF can be a good vehicle to add them. But with oil deeply in contango, and expenses still on the high side, a shade of extra care is needed. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
July 18, 2005
Adrienne Carter
Pushing Index Funds A Bit Higher Mutual funds that start with indexing and then tweak here and there to help increase returns. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
January 1, 2011
Alan Snyder
Investing in Commodities and Futures Can a commodities index compete with actively managed accounts? mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
September 2007
Michael S. Fischer
Getting In How to gain access to private equity, managed futures, and hedge funds. mark for My Articles similar articles