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Financial Advisor
May 2011
Jeff Schlegel
Mainstreaming Alternatives Financial advisors are taking a shine to alternative investments. 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 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
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
Registered Rep.
December 2, 2010
Diana Britton
Asset Managers Push Out New Alternatives For Retail To satisfy demand, asset managers have been busy rolling out new alternative products specifically designed for non-accredited investors. 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
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
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
Investment Advisor
April 2009
Bob Clark
Clark at Large: Timing Is Everything Now that (nearly) all asset classes have sunk, advisors are rethinking their investment strategies. 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
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
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
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 Advisor
April 2008
Eric L. Reiner
Hedging Your Bets Richard Lee Jr. presides over the 50-person Dallas advisory Lee Financial Corp. A private placement fund of hedge funds that Richard Lee Jr. uses for clients returned nearly 20% last year. 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
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
July 1, 2006
Dan Wheeler
Hedge Funds, Unplugged Take the buzz out of the hedge fund phenomenon, and you may find less electricity than you think. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
September 2009
James J. Green
Danger & Opportunity: Futures Education Michael Bulley, senior VP for research and risk management for Steben & Co. in Rockville, Maryland, a firm that has specialized in managed futures funds for 20 years, on what you should know about managed futures. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
January 8, 2010
Halah Touryalai
A Hedge Fund Resurgence There is legislation in Congress that would require hedge funds to make greater disclosures about the details of their operations. The increased regulation coupled with a recent uptick in hedge fund performance will likely entice some advisors to put their clients back into hedge funds. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
January 2011
Advisor Emporium New financial products: Altegris Offers Actively Managed Futures... College Planning Tool Available... Securian Partners With 401(k) Advisors... Jackson Introduces LifeGuard Freedom Flex... ETF Securities Offers Combined Metals... more... mark for My Articles similar articles
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
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
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. 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
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 Advisor
July 2012
Karen DeMasters
A Horse Of A Different Color A new study shows advisors like alternative assets because their returns aren't correlated with those of other investments. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
December 1, 2007
Donald Jay Korn
Hedge Funds Redux Despite a midsummer month's nightmare, hedge funds are still pointing to successful records and raking in money. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
April 1, 2011
Bob Clark
Boring No More With baby boomers moving into their distribution years, bonds -- and the folks who manage them -- are becoming a lot more interesting mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 19, 2010
Jed Horowitz
Genworth Wealth Moves Upscale The allure of wealthy investors and their preference for fee-based advisors has permeated the radar of another provider of investment management solutions. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
December 2005
Savita Iyer
Transatlantic Teachers Hedge funds are big news in the U.S., but old news in Europe. What can we learn from Europe's approach to hedge funds? 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
On Wall Street
October 1, 2009
Elizabeth Wine
Hedge Funds: Are They Worth It? Strategists in the wirehouses and elsewhere say hedge funds were wrongly maligned, and that the good funds can still serve the purpose of diversifying a portfolio and reducing risk. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
June 1, 2007
Steve Savage
Consider the Alternatives Think twice before pitching hedge funds and private equity to your financial advisory clients. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 31, 2014
David Armstrong
Editor's Letter: November 2014 Since the financial crisis, money has poured into liquid alts. Morningstar research shows some $300 billion net assets in alternative mutual funds, up from $50 billion in 2008. 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
Investment Advisor
January 2008
Bob Clark
Part of the Solution For financial advisors, a fund you run yourself (with help) can solve some thorny issues. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
April 2007
Jeff Joseph
High-End Investors Don't Fear Hedge Fund Blow-ups The large losses of the Amaranth Advisors hedge fund last September and other similar highly-publicized failures are unlikely to deter hedge fund investing by those rich individuals who manage their own portfolios, judging from a survey of the participants in a high-end investors' club. 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
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2003
Grove & Prince
The Affluent Are Searching for Relief in Alternatives The rich shouldn't care if it's a bull or bear market. That's because the rich have so many investment options -- they can go completely short, or pick a cocktail of alternative investments, that, theoretically, could hedge away risk. Surveys show the affluent are doing exactly that. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
January 1, 2012
Bob Veres
True Cost of Tactical Management Investment companies are going to be facing very different selection criteria than in the past. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2005
Neil O'Hara
Dearth of Easy Pickings? Now that retail investors are able to partake of hedge funds in unprecedented numbers, some are calling hedge investing a bubble about to be popped... Largest SEC Registered Funds of Funds... Hedge Fund Index Performance... mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2009
Suzanne McGee
The Athletic Portfolio In this environment, a good portfolio is one that rides out storms and takes advantage of opportunities -- one that demonstrates strength, flexibility and endurance. What should financial advisors do to deliver peak performance for clients? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
January 1, 2012
Donna Mitchell
Other Assets Wealth management firms have started adding alternative investments to their menu of choices to meet the desire of clients to reduce volatility in their portfolios. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
April 6, 2011
Diana Britton
Do-It-Yourself Advisors Launch Alternative Funds As assets continue to flow to alternatives in the wake of the financial crisis of 2008 and 2009, many advisors are launching their own alternatives strategies to meet that demand. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2005
Chris O'Leary
The High Cost of Admission To justify their existence in client portfolios, funds of funds need to post double-digit returns in order to really experience some net (read: after-fee) gains. And 2004 didn't deliver on these promises. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
November 6, 2014
David Armstrong
Drowning in Liquid Alts Liquid alternative funds, which seek to replicate hedge fund strategies in registered mutual fund structures, should play a substantial role in most client 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 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
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
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