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Fallout at Fortress Investment Group
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 11, 2015
Fallout at Fortress Investment Group

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Top hedge fund manager Michael Novogratz (pictured) hits the bricks, and the firm is closing its flagship macro hedge fund.

By Jeff Benjamin
How to work infrastructure funds into clients' portfolios
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 07, 2015
How to work infrastructure funds into clients' portfolios

Three allocation strategies that could let clients tap into the global infrastructure boom

By Joshua Duitz
An extreme tale of two liquid alt funds in the same category
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 07, 2015
An extreme tale of two liquid alt funds in the same category

When fund managers can go anywhere, sometimes they do.

By Jeff Benjamin
Alternative investments can do what stocks and bonds can't
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 05, 2015
Alternative investments can do what stocks and bonds can't

Adding alternatives could help clients more than traditional portfolios, <i>InvestmentNews</i> webcast panel agrees

By Alessandra Malito
Bank of America isn't banking on a 4Q stock market rally
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 05, 2015
Bank of America isn't banking on a 4Q stock market rally

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: The lack of corporate outlooks this earnings season could be a bad sign for stocks over the next few months.

By Jeff Benjamin
Bearish real estate market creating opportunities for REITs, investors
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 03, 2015
Bearish real estate market creating opportunities for REITs, investors

Blackstone exec says expects more REITs to go private, asset sales, share buybacks, debt reduction.

By Bloomberg
Smart beta and market cap indexing: Better together
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 02, 2015
Smart beta and market cap indexing: Better together

It's not an either/or proposition; when combined, the two strategies can achieve broad diversification.

By Anthony B. Davidow
A weak outlook for earnings doesn't bode well for stocks
INVESTING EQUITIES OCT 01, 2015
A weak outlook for earnings doesn't bode well for stocks

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Corporate earnings are expected to decline 4.1%, and the stock market hunkers down for a rough earnings season.

By Jeff Benjamin
Activist investor calls for board revamp at New York REIT
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES OCT 01, 2015
Activist investor calls for board revamp at New York REIT

Jonathan Litt says REIT, once a part of Nicholas Schorsch's real estate empire, suffering from lack of investor confidence due to legacy management structure.

By Bloomberg
Two Schorsch REITs cancel liquidity events
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 30, 2015
Two Schorsch REITs cancel liquidity events

AR Capital points to market turbulence and impending merger with Apollo.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 29, 2015
Hedge fund marketers have independent advisers in their sights

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Now that hedge funds have the green light to market their wares, they're zeroing in on independent advisers.

By Jeff Benjamin
Which alternatives ETFs won and lost during the market's bout of volatility
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 29, 2015
Which alternatives ETFs won and lost during the market's bout of volatility

The goal of alt funds, which track such things as commodities and hedge fund strategies, is to provide returns that don't move broadly in tandem with stock and bond markets. Here's how they did.

By Bloomberg
Financial advisers get more tools for navigating the liquid alts space
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 25, 2015
Financial advisers get more tools for navigating the liquid alts space

Stock market volatility drives up the appetite for alternative strategies.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 25, 2015
Why closed-end funds are more appealing during market turmoil

Current valuations and distribution rates mean long-term investors should take notice

By Anne Kritzmire
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 25, 2015
How Nick Schorsch lost his mojo

Nicholas Schorsch made hundreds of millions in real estate, but an accounting scandal devastated his business.

By Bruce Kelly
The Fed tosses out another teaser that rates could still be hiked this year
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 24, 2015
The Fed tosses out another teaser that rates could still be hiked this year

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: If you can believe it, Janet Yellen is still teasing the markets with the idea of rate hike this year.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 23, 2015
When interest rates rise, alternative strategies have chance to shine for income, diversification

As clients clamor for more income, there are eight alternative assets that emerge as viable options

By Bloomberg
3 allocation strategies that can help clients navigate through volatility
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 22, 2015
3 allocation strategies that can help clients navigate through volatility

Strategies designed to ride market waves provide the best upside in a market that points down.

By David Miller
What advisers should know about managed-futures funds
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES SEP 22, 2015
What advisers should know about managed-futures funds

Often overlooked by advisers, these noncorrelated strategies can fit well in a thoughtfully constructed portfolio

By Matthew Shannon
Papal visits have become precursors to stock market pullbacks
INVESTING EQUITIES SEP 22, 2015
Papal visits have become precursors to stock market pullbacks

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: Turns out, rare trips to the U.S. by a Pope have not always been good for stocks.

By Jeff Benjamin