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INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 17, 2010
An Ivy League of their own: Another endowment chief to start investment firm

James Walsh, the departing endowment chief at Cornell University, plans to start a $150 million hedge fund with performance fees that are spread out over three years.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 15, 2010
Three-time loser faces 369 years in jail for alleged Ponzi scheme

Stinson hookwinked 260 investors in real estate investment scam, say prosecutors; claimed to be an MIT grad

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 15, 2010
UBS hires Morgan Stanley Smith Barney alternatives specialist

Jerry Pascucci, the chief investment officer for alternative investments at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, is joining the U.S. wealth management unit of UBS AG to run alternatives for high-net-worth clients.

By Jed Horowitz
Housing market foundation crumbling as seizures surge
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 12, 2010
Housing market foundation crumbling as seizures surge

Seizures, defaults on pace to hit record number; 'serious price depreciation'

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 12, 2010
Guess what Michael Burry is buying now?

Michael Burry, the former hedge fund manager who predicted the housing market's plunge, said he is investing in rich farmland, small technology companies and gold as he hunts for original ideas and braces for a weaker dollar.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 12, 2010
Adviser accused of deceiving retirees about 'low-risk' investments

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 07, 2010
Altegris Advisors launches actively managed futures fund

Altegris Advisors LLC is looking to tap into the growing demand for managed- futures investing with its own actively managed fund, Altegris Managed Futures Strategy Fund Ticker:(MFTAX).

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING RIAS SEP 02, 2010
Editorial: So much for 'Home Sweet Home'

For the forseeable future there will be no easy way to build a retirement nest egg, meaning investment advisers and their clients will have to work harder and use a wider range of tools to accomplish the task.

By MFXFeeder
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 01, 2010
Eaton Vance closes popular macro fund

Assets in Global Macro Absolute Return Fund grew by more than 600% this year

By Bloomberg
How low can mortgage rates go?
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 01, 2010
How low can mortgage rates go?

Mortgage rates fell to the lowest level in decades for the tenth time in 11 weeks, as investors worried about the economy.

By Associated Press
Guess who's betting billions on gold?
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 31, 2010
Guess who's betting billions on gold?

Eric Mindich's $13 billion Eton Park Capital Management LP led hedge funds in raising gold investments last quarter, joining billionaire John Paulson's bet that bullion will increase amid inflation concerns.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 26, 2010
Bill Gross: Here's how we mend the housing markets

I've had a lot of high perspiration “Right Guard” moments in my life, although I futilely try to live by Gillette's 1984 advertisement of “never let 'em see you sweat.”

By Bill Gross
INVESTING RIAS AUG 26, 2010
Schwab alternatives director Josh Kernan resigns

Josh Kernan, who oversees sales of alternative investments to investment advisers and their clients at Charles Schwab Corp., is leaving the company after 16 years to start a new firm.

By Jed Horowitz
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 22, 2010
Gross urges 'nationalization' of housing finance

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 22, 2010
Rich stuff, this Merrill research on the affluent

By Hilary Potkewitz
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 20, 2010
Gross urges 'full nationalization' of housing finance

Bill Gross, who runs the world's biggest bond fund at Pacific Investment Management Co., said the U.S. should consider “full nationalization” of the mortgage- finance system.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 17, 2010
Gross calls for U.S. to refinance home mortgages

Pimco's Bill Gross said the U.S. government should offer to refinance mortgages for homeowners as a way to stimulate the struggling economy.

By Dan Jamieson
A sweet buy: Hershey options
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 17, 2010
A sweet buy: Hershey options

Investors should purchase Hershey Co. options because their prices don't reflect the high probability that Nestle SA will bid for the candymaker, according to Capstone Global Markets LLC said.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES AUG 09, 2010
UBS: Sell S&P 500 options

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES JUL 27, 2010
Prominent rabbi tried to blackmail Conn. hedge fund, court finds

A prominent Brooklyn rabbi has been convicted in a scheme to extort a Connecticut-based hedge fund into paying millions of dollars to two schools.

By Associated Press