We’ve covered our share of wacky investment ideas, but the problem with any type of investment is that there is no guarantee, and even less so with these non-traditional types. With art, for example, there’s no way to know whether...
Probably more than 70 percent of active money managers’ returns can be attributed to the portfolio manager’s use of factor tilts, or so called “smart beta” strategies, according to BlackRock managing director and former...
Negative interest rates might actually be good for gold prices, writes Alex Rosenberg on CNBC. Rosenberg argues that ultra-low inflation (rising inflation is typically needed for gold to rise, hence the long-term dip in gold prices) could sen...
Over half of investors still say alternative investments remain a “mystery,” but 47 percent say they wish they knew more. It's a good opportunity for advisors to step in, according to Affiliated Managers Group, which recently polled nearly 1...
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David Bowie, the British rock legend who died Monday at 69, will mostly be remembered for his influential contributions to music, fashion and film. But Bowie was also financial innovator. In 1997, Bowi...
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You don't have to look that hard to realize that markets are anything but efficient. But contrary to what some believe, they can stay inefficient for a long time. Case in poi...
The doom and gloom about the markets and a potential coming recession are doing nothing to help gold prices. According to ETFTrends.com, gold dropped 1.3 percent Monday and is down 4.5 percent during the past three months. The bearish forecas...
While the S&P 500 Index plunged 9.43 percent during the week of Aug. 17, bear market funds gained 14.52 percent, and managed futures funds were up 0.21 percent, according to Morningstar data.
But it doesn't mean advisors should run out and pil...
Investment Insights' fund manager Sonja Uys suggested advisors ask managers these five questions before putting client money in an absolute return fund:
1. What makes this strategy suitable in a liquid format? Some hedge fund strategies benefi...
Questions abound for advisors looking at alternative investment strategies, not the least of which is why the dispersion of returns in supposedly similar strategies is so wide, whether they can perform as advertised and what part of a traditional...
