Alternative Investments

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  Bill Gross ‘Stamps’ His Approval on $2 Million Auction

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 25, 2013

  Bill Gross and his wife, Sue, will auction pieces of their stamp collection in April with the proceeds going to charity.

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  Emerging-Market Real Estate’s Hot Run Continues

  By Savita Iyer-Ahrestani, AdvisorOne  |  March 25, 2013

  International real estate funds, particularly emerging-market portfolios, had a fantastic run in 2012, and the run is continuing.

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  Investing in Comics: Not Just for Superheroes

  By Ed McCarthy, CFP  |  March 24, 2013

  Experts share several key techniques for taking advantage of market trends—past, present and future.

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  Peter Schiff: The Dollar’s Collapse Is (Still) Coming

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 22, 2013

  Where’s the dollar’s collapse, the sky-high inflation, societal chaos, the oceans of fire? The outspoken head of Euro Pacific Precious Metals has warned of the dire consequences of Fed action for what seems like forever.

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  PIMCO Targets European Commercial Property

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 21, 2013

  The firm is targeting direct commercial real estate investments and nonsecuritized loans, which carry greater risk but higher return potential.

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  Top 20 Countries for Foreign Investment

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 19, 2013

  The United States doesn’t make the top 20 when rolling out the red carpet for foreign investors.

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  Altegris Video ‘Edutainment’ Brings Alternatives Info to Advisors

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  March 18, 2013

  Altegris has launched a six-part series of animated videos covering topics such as diversification and performance dispersion.

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  Direxion Shakes Up Commodity Investing’s Volatile Returns

  By Ed McCarthy, CFP  |  March 18, 2013

  One fund aims to take advantage of upswings and move to cash at other times.

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  Equities Beat Commodities by Steepest Ratio in 4 Years

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 11, 2013

  We’ve seen what’s happened to gold. Will other commodities follow?

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  4 Ways to Repeat the Mortgage Mess: Peter Wallison

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  March 8, 2013

  Peter Wallison decries Washington's latest “fix” to prevent another repeat of the housing market collapse.