Financial advisors like to peddle performance, and Talon Asset Management in Chicago is no exception. Senior Principal Terry Diamond says the practice, with about $1.1 billion in assets under management, has seen only three losing years over the...
Long-term care (LTC) insurance can be an attractive investment alternative for high-net-worth individuals for two reasons: (1) It has a multi-million dollar upside if extended health care is needed, and (2) there's little or no cost if care...
There's a lot of money being thrown into the alternative investment space nowadays. You see the trend reflected in the market capitalizations of exchange-traded products designed to offer returns uncorrelated or negatively correlated to the equity...
Despite a stock market that has roared above its March 2009 lows, here is how worried investors are: The traditional investments of U.S. dollars and Treasuries are viewed with skepticism. Where to hide? Kevin Kearns, the manager of Loomis Sayles'...
Is Greenwich, Conn., where a high concentration of New York-based hedge fund managers live in sprawling mansions with elaborately manicured grounds, the secret to the U.S. hedge fund industry's financial success? China seems to think so.
