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Overhauling the System The United States is proposing the most radical reform of financial regulation since the New Deal.   |
Reason
February 2004
Callahan & Kaza |
In Defense of Derivatives Between Enron, WorldCom, and Global Crossing, the controversial financial instruments have gotten a bad rap. Here's the truth. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 29, 2008
Martha Lagace |
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel Dean Jay O. Light and a group of Harvard Business School faculty explored the origins and possible outcomes of the U.S. financial crisis at a recent "Turmoil on the Street" panel. |
Financial Advisor
May 2006
Louis Stanasolovich |
Managed Futures: Worth A Look Most financial advisors and the general public have little knowledge of managed futures as an investable asset class, but they offer a way to increase returns and diversification in a long-term bear market. |
Investment Advisor
July 2009
Robert F. Keane |
The Green Advisor: A 21st Century Commodity The market-based approach upon which the U.S. Acid Rain program is based has effectively demonstrated that environmental protections and economic well-being are not mutually exclusive. |
AskMen.com
December 7, 2003
Dan Carter |
5 Investment Opportunities To Consider There's more to the investing world than just stocks and mutual funds. Research reveals a whole slew of futures, securities and trusts to consider. Here are five such options. |
Investment Advisor
August 2009
Robert F. Keane |
The Green Advisor: Cleaner Air and Cash Many critics have failed to look at the carbon cap and trade market that is already functioning in this country on a voluntary basis. |
Financial Planning
December 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn |
Hot Commodities Real assets are on a tear. Better yet, they offer great diversification and a hedge against inflation. The current trend probably has room to run, and there are other very real reasons to allocate a regular portion of clients' portfolios to commodities. |
BusinessWeek
November 29, 2004
Mike McNamee |
Lewis S. Ranieri: Your Mortgage Was His Bond The bond trader turned home loans into tradable securities, creating a template for cutting costs on everything from credit cards to Third World debt -- and launching a multibillion-dollar industry. |
BusinessWeek
July 22, 2010
Robison et al. |
Amber Waves of Pain Lured by the idea of profiting from raw materials, investors put $277 billion into commodity ETFs and related securities by the end of 2009. Then they noticed a problem: When commodities go up, the commodity ETFs often don't. |
Financial Advisor
August 2009
Marla Brill |
Playing It Safe Consistency and a remarkable lack of surprises have been the hallmarks of this bond fund. |
Financial Advisor
April 2004
Pauline P. Lam |
What You Should Know About Commodity Indexes Direct commodity investment has a place in every investment portfolio. |
Financial Advisor
March 2006
Marla Brill |
Mortgage Bonds Offer Mixed Bag A cooling housing market, rising interest rates and regulatory scrutiny have bond fund managers and fixed-income strategists keeping a watchful eye on the direction of the $5.8 trillion mortgage-backed securities market. |
CFO
August 1, 2007
Randy Myers |
Better Ways to Buy Treasury managers are teaming up with corporate purchasing agents to tame commodity risk. |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2007
Dees Stribling |
The Dawning of Derivatives REIT and real estate derivatives are introduced as a new financial tool in the real estate world. |
Financial Advisor
December 2005
Alan Lavine |
Playing Two Sides PIMCO's three-year-old StocksPlus Total Return Fund buys S&P 500 futures, then tries to beat the index with bonds. |
Investment Advisor
March 2010
Robert J. Lindner |
Subtraction Through Addition How adding risk to a client's portfolio can sometimes reduce overall risk. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
The New Hot Commodity With the advent of exchange-traded funds, you can find custom-made investments that allow you to participate in nearly any market you can imagine. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2005 |
Mutual Fund Monitor Commodities futures have unique diversification properties and, on average, perform well whenever stocks and bonds have done poorly. |
Financial Advisor
September 2010
Jeff Schlegel |
Lowdown On Alternatives Financial Advisor's Innovative Alternative Strategies conference explored alternative investments ranging from covered calls to the Chicago Cubs. |
Wall Street & Technology
June 4, 2004
Robert M. Hegarty |
The Next Wave: Innovation It's been a long time comin', but the Securities industry has reengaged, with some very innovative technologies, products and even services as its launching pad. |
Financial Advisor
August 2004
Pauline P. Lam |
Commodity Investments Help Diversify Portfolios A new tool--resampled efficiency--helps create optimal allocations. Investors can gain exposure to commodities by investing in commodity index or individual commodity futures contracts. A third option is mutual funds. |
BusinessWeek
October 25, 2004
Laura Cohn |
Striking Gold In Commodities Some pension funds have made outsize returns, but how safe is the market? |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2005
Litman & Gregory |
Mutual Fund Monitor Here is a brief run-through of our defensive fat-pitch asset classes: Commodity futures... Foreign bonds... etc. |
BusinessWeek
September 17, 2009
Palmeri & Francis |
How Real Is the Rally in Real Estate Bonds? Companies are jumping back into mortgage securities, but they may regret their moves. |
U.S. Banker
September 2008
John Engen |
Future Shock Where to start when trying to figure out how the banking industry got into the mess it's in today? And where, exactly, do we go from here? |
Financial Advisor
May 2005
Marla Brill |
Commodities Go Mainstream Until recently the high costs and complexity associated with commodity investing kept many investors away. But now, new products make it easier to get a pure play on commodity prices. |
BusinessWeek
October 14, 2010
Loder & Mattingly |
Under Siege at The CFTC Congress gave regulators wide discretion to regulate derivatives, causing the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to be besieged by lobbyists. |
Financial Advisor
April 2006
Matt Hougan |
Rolling With Commodities Commodities can play an important role in a portfolio, and the much-anticipated Deutsche Bank commodities ETF can be a good vehicle to add them. But with oil deeply in contango, and expenses still on the high side, a shade of extra care is needed. |
Fast Company
November 2004
Alec Appelbaum |
What's Your Carbon Worth? Ask Richard Sandor Financial-futures pioneer Richard Sandor thinks he can make carbon-emission rights as tradable as pork bellies and frozen OJ. in both the U.S. and the E.U. |
Financial Advisor
July 2011
Virginia Munger Kahn |
Natural Selection Are futures or natural resource stocks the best way to get commodity exposure? |
Financial Advisor
July 2011 |
Alternatives In The Spotlight Many of the 600 attendees at the second annual Innovative Alternative Strategies conference came to learn how to use these investments in client portfolios. |
On Wall Street
May 1, 2011
Robert J. Lindner |
Stabilizing Portfolios With Managed Futures Largely ignored by the advisor community, the Managed Futures Index returned 10.23% annualized over the 30-year period ending December 2010. Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned an annualized 8.92% and the S&P 500 returned 10.71% annualized. |
BusinessWeek
May 1, 2006
Aaron Pressman |
A High-Risk Diet For Investors Why a portfolio full of commodities may not be the best hedge against inflation. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2009
John Churchill |
SEC and CFTC Talk Reform The Securities Exchange Commission and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced Wednesday that they expect to release a report within two weeks that explains the regulatory responsibilities of each agency and recommends ways to improve their functioning. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2011
Temma Ehrenfeld |
The Big Idea: Diversify With Futures Your clients may balk when they hear "futures" - accusing you of straying into a fantasy of an asset class that solves all our problems. Yet finance professionals have used managed futures for decades to boost the performance of stock and bond portfolios. |
BusinessWeek
June 12, 2006 |
Remember These Guys? A brief update on John W. Meriwether, David W. Mullins Jr., Myron S. Scholes and Robert C. Merton. |
U.S. Banker
January 2003
Holly Sraeel |
Michael Milken Revisited. Same Drive, Different Agenda. Milken, never without a full-throttle agenda, isn't talking. But that doesn't mean his people don't have a lot to say -- about Mike's cancer research, philanthropy and his record. |
BusinessWeek
February 11, 2010 |
Gary Gensler's Wish List How the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission would reshape the financial system. |
The Motley Fool
October 12, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
The Risky Business of Mortgage-Backed Bonds Mortgage-backed securities can be attractive, but be aware of their risks. |
IndustryWeek
January 31, 2012
Josh Cable |
GE Barometer: Executives Believe Innovation and Growth Go Hand-in-Hand However, uncertainty in the global economy is curbing their companies' appetites for risk and making it harder for them to find capital. |
BusinessWeek
May 28, 2007
Frederik Balfour |
Can China Defuse Its Stock Market? Index futures might create stability, but Beijing fears they could prick the bubble. |
Registered Rep.
July 26, 2012
Brad Zigler |
Managed Futures: Easier To Get, But Harder To Love Obama okays advertising by hedge funds and CTAs. What effect will this have on the investment vehicles? |
Financial Advisor
September 2010 |
Frontline News Frontline News: Advisory Industry Faces Talent Shortage... Rule Change Could Crimp Alternative-Oriented '40 Act Funds... FPA Announces Heart Of Financial Planning Award Winners... more... |
Financial Advisor
May 2009
Gregory Bresiger |
Learning Nothing, Forgetting Nothing A new book, Panic, edited by Michael Lewis, suggests that long-standing wisdom about the markets might be all wet after the deluge. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2008
Helbling et al. |
Riding a Wave Soaring commodity prices -- especially those of oil, nickel, tin, corn, and wheat -- has brought a sea change to the commodities landscape. Trade policies should be adjusted for better efficiency. |
Registered Rep.
April 25, 2011
Brad Zigler |
Managed Futures Mainstreamed Changes in the regulatory scheme have since allowed the creation of lower-cost commodity-based mutual funds and exchange-traded products which can be marketed by Series 7 folk and RIA associates. |
Investment Advisor
September 2009
James J. Green |
Danger & Opportunity: Futures Education Michael Bulley, senior VP for research and risk management for Steben & Co. in Rockville, Maryland, a firm that has specialized in managed futures funds for 20 years, on what you should know about managed futures. |
BusinessWeek
August 11, 2003
Susan Scherreik |
Reading Interest-Rate Tea Leaves For insight, check the futures markets |
