Investment Strategies
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Are Some Commodity ETFs Victims of their own Success?
By Vaughan ScullyThe kind of success some commodity ETFs have had can breed problems of its own, problems that ETF issuers and investors are only now starting to confront and comprehend.
October 01, 2009
Community Awards Raise Money, Highlight Advisor VolunteersThird annual leadership awards soldier on through difficult times
October 01, 2009
Lessons from the 2008 Markets Selloff: Searching for Alpha, October 2009It's been a year since the fall of Lehman Brothers, the storied investment bank that was forced to declare bankruptcy following an unsuccessful bid for a government bailout.
October 01, 2009
The ETF Advisor: Real Estate ETFsWith the housing market a mess, credit tight, and default rates for commercial mortgages growing by the week, it's hard to get excited about real...
October 01, 2009
The Green Advisor: Green HedgeFor some people the terms "green" and "investing" are as diametrically opposed as Democrat and Republican or oil and water. Green denotes tree-hugging hippies and...
October 01, 2009
Green Energy Gets Green LightThe release of the first round of funding from the Obama Administration's stimulus law--the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act--to a program that provides cash assistance...
October 01, 2009
The Soapbox: What You Need to Know About Hedge Fund ConversionsMany advisors often ask how to convert hedge funds into mutual funds. These conversion requests can be motivated by several different factors. One reason to...
October 01, 2009
Not Quite So Risky BusinessOne of the investment advisor's major tasks is to help manage risk for clients, but if your clients are invested in municipal bonds, you'd better...