The tenant-in-common industry is in the throes of an identity crisis that is forcing investors to choose sides on a complex — and often contentious — issue. Is TIC ownership real estate, or is it a security...
Although the co-ownership structure associated with tenant-in common properties remains in high demand, the industry is discovering that it is not immune to mounting pressures from the frenzied commercial real estate sales market. The end result...
When the market dives, that’s when hedge funds—well, those true to their name—are supposed to earn their money. That’s because many hedge funds are designed to avoid big losses and make money nearly every year using low...
Here’s a dose of irony for the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC thinks it needs to do more to “protect” wealthy retail investors from the secretive world of hedge funds. To do so, it is entertaining the idea of...
The hedge fund backlash has begun. Tired of the hassles of investing in hedge fund limited partnerships, more advisors are creating their own “hedge fund”-like strategies with new hybrid mutual funds. You can do it, too.
STRUCTURED PRODUCTS, complicated hybrid securities used both to hedge and to speculate, are among the fastest growing investment vehicles in the retail market
Some years ago, during the Great Buying Panic of the 1990s, it occurred to Rob Isbitts that the traditional idea of diversification might not provide the downside protection it was advertised to deliver.
When the mutual fund scandals broke in 2003, some of the most notorious villains were so-called side-by-side managers money managers that ran mutual funds and hedge funds at the same time.
SOME PEOPLE have too much of a good thing: The 2001 tech wreck taught a lot of advisors and their clients that. In fact, no advisor worth his salt would suggest that a bond fund, a small-cap fund and exposure to, say, the 10 industry segments of...
