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Financial Advisor September 2009 Alan Lavine |
Hedging Your Bets With Gold Gold is seen as a defensive play by some, and a long-term diversification strategy by others. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn |
Rediscovering Gold As the world's oldest asset class regains its luster, planners are trying to figure out how best to prospect for profits. |
On Wall Street December 1, 2008 Tim Knepp |
Panning for Gold Whenever the markets turn south, interest in gold increases -- here are some ways to invest in this precious metal. |
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Gene Fama |
Glitter Me This Gold has been a hot commodity lately, but that doesn't make it a good investment. Decisions should be based not on historical returns but on what we know about portfolio theory and economic logic. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2008 Suzanne McGee |
The Perfect Alternative Is there an asset class for your clients portfolios whose price moves in the opposite direction to that of mainstream investments like stocks and bonds? |
Financial Advisor July 2005 Marla Brill |
A Fund For Tough Times More advisors are using the Permanent Portfolio Fund as a hedge. The fund balances its position in value-oriented commodity stocks with a 15% allocation to aggressive growth stocks in about a dozen industry groups. |
Financial Advisor July 2012 Ben Mattlin |
A Golden Age But does one of the fastest-growing assets of the past decade still glitter? |
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. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2005 David A. Twibell |
Mining the Mother Lode Gold and gold-related investments have been on a tear the past three years. Regardless of how advisers choose to invest in gold, even long-time gold supporters recommend limiting overall gold exposure to a small portion of clients' assets. |
Financial Advisor September 2010 Alan Lavine |
Gold Stays In Spotlight But investors wrestle with issues surrounding the metal. |
Financial Advisor April 2009 Alan Lavine |
Gold Gone Wild? Safe-haven buying has driven up its price, but gold is still a risky and volatile investment. |
Investment Advisor January 1, 2011 Ben Warwick |
Investment Advisor's January 2011 Issue: Ben Warwick Won't Compromise on Getting Returns. Period Clients must take risks to make returns. Here's the right way to do it in 2011. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2008 David E. Adler |
High Net Worth: It Can Grow on Trees Investing in timberland offers solid returns, an inflation hedge and a lack of correlation with other asset classes. |
Investment Advisor March 2010 Brad McMillan |
Expert's Corner: The Use of Gold in Portfolios In times of trouble, gold is the perennial hot topic. |
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. |
The Motley Fool November 30, 2004 Roger Nusbaum |
Gold Bugs of the World, Rejoice See how investors can use the new gold exchange traded fund (ETF) and what it might mean for gold stocks. |
National Real Estate Investor May 1, 2006 Toccoa Switzer |
Money Does Grow On Trees Timber Investment Management Organizations provide excellent diversification, and inflation-hedging attributes to mixed-asset portfolios. The investment moves inversely to stocks and bonds with little correlation to commercial real estate. |
AskMen.com January 4, 2004 Dan Carter |
4 More Investment Opportunities To Consider Mortgage Backed Securities... Precious Metals... Put & Call Options... Unit Investment Trust |
Financial Planning March 1, 2011 Donald Jay Korn |
Going for the Gold Planners who want to sprinkle a bit of gold dust onto their clients' portfolios have many funds from which to choose. |
The Motley Fool April 21, 2006 Robert Aronen |
Black Gold Tries for Gold The first crude oil ETF has hit the American markets. However, the greater availability of investment options in the oil market will likely leave the United States Oil Fund sitting on the sidelines of most portfolios. |
On Wall Street October 1, 2013 Jeff Tjornehoj |
Are Alts Making the Grade? The most recent crop of alt fund contenders are performing like a classroom full of underachievers. |
On Wall Street March 1, 2010 Christopher G. Didier |
Does Passion Have A Place In Wealth Management? While most people start collections for very non-financial reasons, treating them like other assets can maximize their potential returns and help collectors follow their passions for years to come. |
CFO April 1, 2007 Alix Nyberg Stuart |
Investing in Oils While you don't need to be ultra-rich to begin collecting, most experts say that art or other collectibles should make up no more than 1% - 10% of a portfolio. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2006 Solow & Kitces |
Test Your Tactical IQ One of the most basic decisions a planner must make is whether to follow a passive or active approach to managing client portfolios. Take this quiz to see if you're ready to become a more active asset allocator. |
The Motley Fool August 16, 2006 Zoe Van Schyndel |
ETFs Bring the Bling Here's a way for ordinary investors to benefit from trends in commodity markets. But some commodity ETFs might turn out to be fool's gold, while others are the real thing. Learn about the risks involved before you invest. |
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. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2005 Donald Jay Korn |
How Super Are Hedge Funds? They're today's happening investment, but advisers and clients who are swooning over hedge funds should bear in mind that there are many reasons these super-investments don't deserve their glorified image. |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2009 Amanda B. Kish |
The Gold Rush to Nowhere Gold is definitely the trendy place to be right now, but all trends come to an end. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
Different Strokes This summer's volatile markets proved that allocating funds among uncorrelated assets really does work. |
National Real Estate Investor September 10, 2002 Matt Valley |
Wealth of ideas: Symposium offers sound advice for high-net-worth investors Ask 10 commercial real estate experts the finer points of developing a successful investment strategy for these well-heeled clients typically worth $5 million or more and one word keeps popping up -- diversification. |
The Motley Fool February 25, 2011 Alex Dumortier |
Libya: Hedging Against Black Swans Is it desirable to hedge your portfolio against the Black Swan type of risk? And if so, how does one go about it? |
Registered Rep. September 23, 2010 Brad Zigler |
Gold, the Portfolio Hero of 2010 Some investors have had a golden touch this year. The fact that they touched gold, in fact, made them stand-out investors. |
The Motley Fool October 24, 2011 Jacob Roche |
This Investment Keeps Growing Even When the Economy Stumbles Timber REITs and exchange traded funds make an interesting alternative to traditional investments. |
The Motley Fool January 9, 2006 Jeremy MacNealy |
A Fool's Gold Here, the author highlights various reasons gold is gaining in popularity and outlines a few options for individual investors. |
The Motley Fool July 20, 2011 Stoyan Bojinov |
Inflation ETF Special: 25 ETF Ideas to Fight Rising Prices There's no silver bullet that is guaranteed to offset inflation, but there are dozens of ETFs that may be useful for those worried about the impact of rising prices on their portfolio. |
Registered Rep. January 14, 2008 Brad Zigler |
Gold's Record High: BFD Gold hits a record high price, but with inflation built in, it may still be cheap. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2010 Frank E. Holmes |
A Golden Future With demand up and supply down, high gold prices could be here to stay. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2007 David A. Twibell |
Bonds Away Despite their checkered past, emerging market bond funds have attracted record capital inflows and rewarded investors with stellar returns. |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
The Glitter of Gold ETFs Exchange-traded funds offer flexibility for investing in gold. GLD... IAU... GDX... etc. |
Financial Advisor November 2009 Thomas J. Straka |
Does Your Client Own Timberland? - Part I Over ten million individuals and families own timberland. Is it a neglected aspect of your client's portfolio? |
Financial Advisor October 2011 Somnath Basu |
Gold--The Fear Index As long as global markets remain volatile and investor fears grow, gold will continue to increase in price. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2010 Suzanne McGee |
Other Alternatives Advisors will need to devote more time to scrutinizing the ever-growing number of new products. And with each debut, they'll have to go back to the drawing board and decide whether the product makes the grade. |
The Motley Fool March 31, 2008 Zoe Van Schyndel |
ETFs That May Be Ready to Burst Can you make money when bubbles finally burst? Some ETFs have positioned themselves to profit when prices of the investments they track fall. |
BusinessWeek January 29, 2007 Peter Coy |
Barrels Of Confusion Where crude prices go next is anybody's guess, so companies are learning to live with volatility - and Wall Street is cleaning up. |
On Wall Street April 1, 2011 Matthew F. Erskine |
Gold Bullion Versus Coins There are risks when a significant part of an estate is in the physical form of gold coins, whether bullion or numismatics. |
Financial Advisor December 2011 Somnath Basu |
The VIX Fix Where in the past there was a sense of sanity, today each morning brings only apprehensions about how to understand and manage market volatility. |
On Wall Street January 1, 2010 Tim Knepp |
Many Ways to Gain Exposure to Gold There are many ways to include an allocation to gold within a portfolio. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2008 Mark Willoughby |
Volatility Bites For those who had begun to underestimate the impact volatility can have on managing investment portfolios, the events of 2007 and early 2008 have been a sobering reminder. |
Registered Rep. September 30, 2011 Diana Britton |
When Investing in Hedge Funds, Don't Aim For Home Runs Hedge funds and other alternative strategies can provide a reasonable rate of return and lower or negative correlations to stocks and bonds, but they can also carry greater risk. |
Financial Advisor February 2006 Alan Lavine |
The Gold Rush The outlook for precious metals is bright, but the risks are still there. Can gold and precious metals mutual funds continue their stellar performance after a few years of outstanding returns? |