Altegris

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  Germany Key to Europe’s ‘Hangover’ Problem: Strategic Investment Conference

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 4, 2012

  "You know it’s a strange time in Europe when the Pope is German and the head of the ECB is Italian." says, David McWilliams at the Strategic Investment Conference.

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  On Economy, ‘Japanese Experience Is Our Template’

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 4, 2012

  “They, too, thought they could solve their debt crisis by taking on more debt,” said Lacy Hunt of Hoisington Investment Management. “It didn’t work.”

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  10 Market Rules to Remember: An Economist’s Reminder

  By John Sullivan, AdvisorOne  |  May 3, 2012

  Borrowing heavily from his predecessor at Merrill Lynch, David Rosenberg laid out his market outlook by framing it within Bob Farrell’s famous “10 Market Rules to Remember.”

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  Week’s Top Portfolio Products: Altegris’ New RIA Shares; State Street’s Actively Managed ETFs

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  April 30, 2012

  iShares creates new suite of corporate-bond ETFs; new ETF out from Market Vectors.

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  All Alternative Funds Are Not Created Equal: How to Tell

  By Bob Clark, AdvisorOne  |  March 27, 2012

  With an assist from Altegris Investments’ new educational site for advisors, how to evaluate alternatives for your clients' portfolios.

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  New Hire Roundup: Hedge Fund Association Announces Officers; Carlyle Names Board

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  March 21, 2012

  This week in new hires, Hedge Fund Association announced newly elected officers; Carlyle Group named new board members; Altegris welcomed Amy Bennett; Sanjay Puri joined Zephyr Associates.

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  Risk on the Rise: Yield Chasers Rush Into Alternatives

  By Joyce Hanson, AdvisorOne  |  February 16, 2012

  Correlation, coupled with the U.S. bond market’s zero-yield environment, has driven advisors into riskier alternative investing.

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  ‘Crisis Alpha’ With Risk Management: a ’40 Act Managed Futures Mutual Fund

  By James J. Green, AdvisorOne  |  February 9, 2012

  Such funds can provide access to top managers, and a peek into those elite managers’ holdings. Has there "never been a better time than now to get into managed futures?”

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  Advisors Roam Far Afield in Search of Alternative Investments

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  December 12, 2011

  Alternative investments are grabbing financial advisors’ interest as a means to achieve portfolio goals. Where they are looking for these AIs may be surprising, because the biggest firms are not necessarily getting all the attention.

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  Top Portfolio Products: Vanguard Adds Two Funds; Russell Launches Three

  By Marlene Y. Satter, AdvisorOne  |  November 6, 2011

  American Century, IndexIQ expand offerings; Putnam introduces fund.