Wednesday marked the five-year anniversary of Ponzi scheme king Bernard Madoff’s arrest. Unfortunately, most investors still haven't learned the lessons Madoff's ponzi scheme should have taught. Today's surging markets have...
In the wake of the Bernie Madoff scandal, investors have been shunning fledgling hedge funds, betting instead on large funds with long track records. But small funds have key advantages.
Commodities belong in a diversified portfolio, but not every commodity-based ETF is sound. Many commodity funds show up on this month’s ETF Liquidation Watch list, a portfolio of ETFs that suffer negative trailing 12-month returns and fall below ...
Post-crisis, there is a growing demand for rare musical instruments as an alternative investment. The return on investment can be high, but there are risks with these illiquid investments.
In this industry, it’s still a man’s world, as we’ve written time and again on this site, and the hedge fund industry is no different. And while women may be in short supply at hedge fund events, they can at least boast better performance than...