Getting Real About Real EstateFeb 1, 2006By Jennifer Popovec Hard to believe, but true: Real estate wasn't always the hot dot. Just five years ago, the average real estate investment trust (REIT) traded at a big... Hedge Funds Set to BoilOct 1, 2005
Investors looking to beat the average returns of the market will be heading to hedge funds and funds of hedge funds even more in the future, says new... Why the CW on SRI Is WrongSep 1, 2005By Geoff Lewis Ever since socially responsible investing began as a protest against the Vietnam War and as a lever to force U.S. multinationals to stop doing business... SMAs: More Room to BoomSep 1, 2005John Churchill The separately managed account industry continues to grow, but the investment vehicle has yet to truly take off. SMAs grew 17 percent, from $528.7 billion... Dog Days ComethJun 1, 2005By John Downes The Dogs of the Dow strategy fell from grace in the late 1990s (along with many other strategies overshadowed by Internet stocks), and it has since spent... Duck and CoverJun 1, 2005By David Bodamer Virtually every major business publication has predicted the collapse of the great real estate bubble of the 2000s. So far, the warnings of a collapse... There's Still Opportunity in Emerging MarketsMay 1, 2005By Bob Hirschfeld In 1984, Julian Mayo was a trainee at Schroders, an investment bank, when he was sent to investigate a little-known automaker in a town called Ulsan on... Aiming DownmarketApr 1, 2005By John Churchill For years, reps have been told that separately managed accounts (SMAs), were being The institutional-quality management, tax efficiency, transparency... Looks Like a Hedge Fund, Smells Like...Mar 1, 2005By Stan Luxenberg Herd mentality has always been a powerful force in investing circles, and with billions of dollars now running to hedge funds, many clients might feel... The High Cost of AdmissionMar 1, 2005By Chris O'Leary Robert Isbitts, president and chief investment officer of Weston, Fla.-based Emerald Asset Advisors, is re-examining his hedge fund investing strategy... Dearth of Easy Pickings?Mar 1, 2005By Neil O'Hara The smart money believes that once the retail investor gets hold of an investing strategy or individual security, it's time to sell. Sure enough, now... On Neutral GroundFeb 1, 2005By David A. Twibell The recent bear market was one of the worst in history, but investors in the Calamos Market Neutral Fund, a mutual fund, hardly noticed. With annual total... Land of ConfusionJan 1, 2005
Assets in separately managed accounts are growing steadily again after hitting a rough patch between 2001 and 2003, but many investors still don't understand... The Liquidity FetishNov 1, 2004Nicholas Tsafos In his influential book, Pioneering Portfolio Management, Yale University's chief investment officer, David Swenson, makes the case for illiquidity. Swenson... Taming the SMA HydraNov 1, 2004Allen Plummer To what can administering to a separately managed account be best compared? Arm-wrestling an octopus, some posit. Herding cats, others offer. Fact is,... ETF Wraps Growing In PopularityNov 1, 2004Will Leitch With the securities firms forever searching for edgy products, it should come as little surprise that exchange-traded-fund (ETF) wrap accounts are growing... Let Us InMar 1, 2004By Hannah Shaw Grove and Russ Alan Prince Three years ago, at the height of the equities run-up, investors had little reason to be interested in hedge funds. The intervening years have brought... Hedge Fund Investment StylesMar 1, 2004
ARBITRAGE STRATEGIES Convertible Arbitrage: Managers invest in companies' convertible securities. Typically, they will be long the convertible bond and... Going MainstreamMar 1, 2004By Pam Black Three years ago Barton Biggs, the curmudgeonly chief global strategist of Morgan Stanley, said a hedge funds had gripped the United States and Europe... Corralling the HedgiesMar 1, 2004By Rick Cortez If a recent SEC staff report is any indication, it may not be long before hedge fund investment professionals are regulated as heavily as their brethren... The Fund Industry's Next Crisis?Mar 1, 2004By Ilana Polyak Say a neighbor pays you to shovel the snow in front of his house. But the neighbor on the other side of your house gives you 10 times as much for the... Investing in DeadbeatsFeb 1, 2004By Eric Uhlfelder Ordinarily, serious investors aim to steer clear of financial instruments that are sold on late-night infomercials, but tax liens on real estate might... In Defense of Hedge FundsNov 1, 2002Dave Tsujimoto Are hedge funds the next bubble to burst? If you read general interest business magazines, you might think so. In October, for example, Forbes repeated... Shopping for Funds of FundsMar 1, 2002By Brian C. Ziv Your qualified clients want to get the benefits of hedging strategies. But where do you start? Nobody reports on the 6,000 or so hedge funds the way Morningstar... Hedge-like Funds for Mr. AverageMar 1, 2002By Stan Luxenberg Some mutual funds let ordinary folk take advantage of the short selling and hedging options used by the big guys.... |
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