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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 Advisor
April 2010
Jeff Schlegel
An Alternative World A growing number of financial advisors and their clients are clamoring for alternative investments in the wake of the massive market maelstrom of '08-'09, but it's a broad space requiring lots of due diligence. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
October 2005
Matthew Hougan
Shorting ETFs Gets Sold Short Although many advisors are reluctant to short exchange-traded funds (ETFs), it's important to remember that ETFs are less risky on the short side than individual stocks, as they are not susceptible to short squeezes. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
April 1, 2010
Elizabeth Wine
ETFs and Closed-End Funds: New Strategies for a New Day The range of ETFs continues to grow and advisors are graduating to the next level of sophistication, from the traditional use of gaining quick access to a sector or country, to now delivering alpha to clients. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
March 2006
Marla Brill
Courting A New Crowd Rydex Investments hopes to move beyond market timers to mainstream financial advisors. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
October 1, 2010
Neil O'Hara
Alternatives: Vehicles That Smooth Returns A decade of tepid returns in the equity market has increased interest in investments that exhibit low correlation to traditional asset classes like stocks or bonds. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
February 2004
Evan Simonoff
The Other Side Of Hedge Funds Some advisors are using hedge funds to minimize risk, not boost returns. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
December 1, 2010
Suzanne McGee
Other Alternatives Advisors will need to devote more time to scrutinizing the ever-growing number of new products. And with each debut, they'll have to go back to the drawing board and decide whether the product makes the grade. 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
Registered Rep.
August 1, 2006
Stan Luxenberg
From Complexity to Simplicity And Back Using plain-vanilla mutual funds, retail advisors can build low-correlating portfolios, like absolute-return portfolios. In fact, the sophisticated financial advisor is performing like a mini-institutional consultant of yore. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
June 2009
Marla Brill
ETF Portfolios To Go ETF portfolio management services pitch to financial advisors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
November 1, 2009
Stacy Schultz
ETFs' Glory Days At a time when the market was swinging by hundreds of points a day, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offered a more secure alternative. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 15, 2009
Kristen French
Hedge Funds Bruised, But New Retail Products Abound So far this year, investors and advisors seem to have put the brakes on new hedge fund investments. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
April 2006
Maya Ivanova
Self Improvement In the recent supplement to the 2005 Rydex AdvisorBenchmarking Survey, many advisors recognize that simply maintaining the status quo is not enough. They're continuously examining their business plans and investment processes to look for improvements. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
November 1, 2009
Donald Jay Korn
Loaded for Bear A year after the worldwide nosedive, though, things look brighter for managed accounts. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
May 2004
C. Michael Cart
Risk Control: The Next Act For ETFs New Exchange-traded funds are being created as strategies and technology are developed. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
February 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn
New Directions Exchange-traded funds offer strategic advantages to financial planners who believe in active management, as well as those who favor indexing. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
November 25, 2009
Amy Feldman
'Hedge Funds' for Everyone The market meltdown highlighted the risk of investing in only stocks and bonds. A new wave of funds make it easier for average investors to diversify. 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 Advisor
August 2010
James Picerno
Searching For Progress Financial innovation is under fire. Failing to beat the market is only one reason. 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
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
January 5, 2008
Suzanne McGee
Outlook 2008: The Year of Living Dangerously Oil shocks, credit crunches, political uncertainty -- welcome to 2008. Here's how advisors are seeking out opportunities in the chaos. 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
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
On Wall Street
June 1, 2011
Carl Resnick
ETFs: The Ideal Asset Allocation Tool? True diversification has become the primary focus of smart advisors. To the benefit of these advisors and their clients, a wide range of well-built exchange-traded funds has emerged to represent just about every asset class available. 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 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
May 2011
Jeff Schlegel
Mainstreaming Alternatives Financial advisors are taking a shine to alternative investments. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
August 2008
Melanie Waddell
Time for an Alternative The volatile market is sparking more use of alternative assets mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
July 2010
Jeff Schlegel
Seeking Alpha, Avoiding Beta Advisors turn to alternative investments in search of returns without the volatility. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2009
Paul Menchaca
Income from Where? Financial advisors are realizing the mean variance efficient frontier model is flawed for retirement planning. The main shortcoming is its focus on a portfolio's risk-return tradeoff in terms of returns rather than generation of sustainable income. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
December 2009
Evan Simonoff
Absolute Return Obsession With the correlation landscape changing, the interest in absolute return funds is growing. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
December 2008
Marla Brill
ETF Growth Expected What was bad news for the stock market in 2008 may prove to be good news for ETFs in 2009. 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 Planning
September 1, 2006
David A. Twibell
When Neutral Is Good Market-neutral funds seek to minimize market risk while generating equity-like returns. 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 Advisor
August 2005
Sydney LeBlanc
ETFs and SMAs: Side By Side Now, separately managed accounts can mean anything, from an entire basket of different separate account managers to an account also holding mutual funds, cash, and exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. Of these companion investment vehicles, ETFs are proving to be one of the most popular. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2008
The Fever for Structured Products Structured products, which are gaining popularity in the U.S., combine financial instruments, typically bonds and derivatives, into a package that allows investors to bet on the direction of stocks, bonds and other investments. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
March 2009
Bob Clark
We Can Be Heroes One of the only bright spots we've seen has been those firms offering ETFs that short the markets, use leverage, or track commodities indexes. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
March 2011
Somnath Basu
Back To Basics Advisors don't need to rely on complicated models to help clients avert losses. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
November 1, 2010
Donald Jay Korn
Separate Ways As fee-oriented investment management increasingly appeals to advisors and clients, fee-structured accounts are growing apace. Or not, depending on how the terms are defined. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
February 2, 2009
Marla Brill
Handle With Care Inverse and leveraged inverse ETFs can help battle a bear market, but you need to watch them carefully. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 9, 2011
Nate Wendler
AQR Courts Advisors with High-Performing Alternative Funds RIA advisors looking to add low-correlated assets at low cost to client portfolios could do well to consider three no-load alternative mutual funds from AQR, or Applied Quantitative Research. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 19, 2010
Stan Luxenberg
How To Size Up An ETF Advisors remain divided about ETFs. At one end of the spectrum a growing number of advisors are putting all their assets in ETFs. At the other extreme are those who steer completely away from the funds. A third group shops selectively. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
March 1, 2007
Donald Jay Korn
ETF Mania! As the number of exchange-traded funds explodes, planners are deploying them to bring sophisticated institutional strategies to affluent clients. 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
Investment Advisor
October 2008
Maya Ivanova
War Room How the most successful advisory firms are mitigating risk on two fronts: for their clients, and for their own businesses. 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
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