Hedge funds lagged the equity markets in July, as many of these alternative asset class managers now appear to be proceeding with caution after several consecutive months of strong gains.
The residential-real-estate market, after virtually falling off a cliff from its apex of a few years ago, is being buoyed by a recent string of positive sales data.
In the wake of the historic real estate meltdown, it is easy to make a case for investing in non-traded real estate investment trusts.
Consumer confidence for August has turned upward, reversing a slide of the past two months, according to a report from RBC Capital Markets in Toronto.
A sudden and dramatic pullback in lending by banks in developed countries threatens to stall the global economic recovery, according to a report out today by Hennessee Group LLC in New York.
Hedge funds' recent poor performance, along with a sluggish economy, has finally given investors the upper hand in negotiating fees on these historically high-priced alternative investments.
The current pace of growth in the defined contribution arena could tilt the majority of mutual fund ownership to institutional investors by 2012, according to a report released late yesterday by Cerulli Associates Inc.
How recession-strapped consumers will spend their limited dollars is a question that is perplexing the financial markets and the pricing of consumer-related stocks.
FundQuest Inc. of Boston has expanded the offerings on its managed-accounts platform to include select alternative strategies.
On paper, the case for investing in natural gas is straightforward: It is a clean, largely domestic fuel now selling at 74% below its peak price of a year ago.
