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INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 26, 2014
Five years since the bottom, looking at stocks' recovery

Friday's menu: Looking at stocks' recovery five years from the bottom. Plus: A big day for econ data, a bitcoin exchange crashes but new products spring up, Morgan Stanley gets a lawsuit tossed and Ukraine update

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 25, 2014
Bitcoin trouble, another coin bonanza and Tesla shines

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Trouble in bitcoin land (but there's a silver lining) while one couple strikes gold with other coins. Plus: Tesla shines, Credit Suisse does not and looking for Macy's shoppers.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 25, 2014
Institutional investors moving more cash to diversified strategies

Friday's Breakfast with Benjamin featuring what big investors are doing with their cash. Plus: Bracing for an SEC exam, robo-adviser asset-gathering update, stocks to watch next week, and more ways to spend bitcoin.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 25, 2014
It's here! A fund that invests in Bitcoin

This just in: SecondMarket, where shares of private companies such as Facebook Inc. traded before they went public, has launched the first U.S. fund investing solely in the Bitcoin virtual currency.

By Gregory Crawford
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 21, 2014
Wealthy investors dumping cash and equities, buying alternatives

Alternative investments are 'increasingly becoming core,' strategist says

By CODONNELL
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 21, 2014
Could alternatives fit in retirement portfolios?

By Darla Mercado
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 21, 2014
Is gold still an attractive investment?

Last week's string of positive U.S. economic data is once again drawing attention to the direction of gold prices. What will trigger the precious metal's next valuation move?

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 20, 2014
Could hedge fund net inflows triple this year?

Investors may almost triple the amount of capital they put into hedge funds this year, an annual survey by Deutsche Bank AG showed.

By Matt Ackermann
INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 19, 2014
Buffett's hedge fund strategy leaves much to be desired

Active strategies, diversification work and are necessary

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING EQUITIES FEB 18, 2014
Breakfast with Benjamin: Obama's budget blueprint

Today: Who will be happy with Obama's budget blueprint? Plus, a contrarian idea for stocks, tapering already, gold, GMATs and g-forces.

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 13, 2014
Bad Apple: REITs fined $1.5 million for disclosure violations

CEO and COO also ordered to pay $175,000 in penalties .

By Bruce Kelly
Dennis Stattman's 25-year balancing act
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 12, 2014
Dennis Stattman's 25-year balancing act

Dennis Stattman, manager of BlackRock's global allocation fund, has made advisers look smart and has kept clients happy thanks to 25 years of outperformance.

By Jason Kephart
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 11, 2014
Racing with Tesla

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin:</i> Tesla races ahead of the rest of Wall Street as the Fed talks rate increase. Plus: What firm stands to win big in the Facebook-WhatsApp deal; wealthy investors take interest in some unusual currencies other than Bitcoin and who manages your mortgage?

By Jeff Benjamin
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 11, 2014
Energy efficiency: Taking advantage of growth opportunities

The next 12 months look promising across the energy efficiency, renewable energy, water and waste recovery sectors, buoyed by a broad-based cyclical recovery from the deepest downturn in living memory.

By Bloomberg
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 11, 2014
Private-equity giants set their sights on alternatives for mom and pop

Advisers could benefit as retail investors load up on alts.

By Jason Kephart
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 11, 2014
Invesco makes a big push into alternatives

Six new liquid alternatives funds are part of firm's effort to help advisers handle risk.

By Jason Kephart
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 11, 2014
Schorsch continues to expand horizons with liquid alts firm

Nicholas Schorsch's RCS Capital acquires liquid alts firm Hatteras Funds, giving the real estate mogul the potential to widen the distribution of his growing lineup of investment products.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 10, 2014
Finra seeks greater transparency in nontraded REIT statements

Proposed rule would require brokers to factor in fees and commissions when listing share prices on client account statements; if approved by the SEC, rule change would do away with the $10-a-share listing price.

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING ALTERNATIVES FEB 10, 2014
Huge nontraded REIT getting liquid?

Inland American Real Estate Trust, the largest nontraded REIT with $9.5 billion in assets, may soon be in line for a merger or listing of its shares, a move dubbed a &#8220;liquidity event&#8221; in the business. <i>(Don't miss: <a href="//www.investmentnews.com/article/20131227/FREE/131229967&quot;" target="&quot;_blank&quot;" rel="noopener noreferrer">Will the 2013 banner year last through 2014?</a>)</i>

By Bruce Kelly
INVESTING RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 09, 2014
Brokers' job to explain nontraded REITs

By MFXFeeder