Most funds lost ground recently.

The MLP business structure should only be used by organizations whose cash flow is very predictable as retained earnings are very small in the typical structure.

That's one idea. | Copyright Max Whittaker, Getty Images Many of the investment innovations cooked up for big institutional players (think pensions, endowments, insurance companies) eventually roll down to the retail channel; consider liab...

When in doubt, technical analysis can be used to assess the strength and “health” of a momentum-driven market that is not necessarily supported by valuations.

Socially responsible investments need to become a part of nearly every practice’s core capabilities.

If you allocated 15 percent of a typical 60-40 portfolio to the major alternative strategies, how would each play out? Our alternatives editor Brad Zigler does the math.