Alternative Investments

Dividends—considered silly back in the roaring 1990's—are once again in vogue. Here's a screen to uncover strong, dividend-paying stocks

The outlook for the U.S. dollar is not as bad as some of the 'smart money' would have you believe

All of Tom Cruise's wacky antics haven't dried up his star power, or at least that's the bet of some unnamed hedge funds bankrolling him.

News of colossal losses at one of the largest hedge funds in the U.S., Amaranth Advisors, throws yet another cloud over the alternative investments.

Canada represents the best and safest way to invest in the long-term commodity bull market as well as growth in Asia.

Marc Lane was skeptical about social investing, until he did his homework and found a more profitable approach

Socially responsible investing (SRI) is still relatively uncharted territory for most advisors, according to a recently released study; however, since more clients are demanding SRI than ever before, it may be time to get wise.

Best selling author Loral Langemeier tells her legions of followers to quit passively investing their savings in stocks and bonds. Invest directly, she says, in real estate and in other businesses. Why be so passive?

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 discount to the value of its assets by about 25 percent, on average, according to...

Barton Biggs made his name as the (as one journalist put it) lead investment strategist at Morgan Stanley over a period of 30 years. A value-oriented investor, Biggs was a killjoy during the Great Buying Panic of the 1990s, and the New Paradigm...