Alternatives
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Market history lessons
Circumstances change, but behavioral patterns endure. Learn how lessons from the past can inform your portfolio’s present and prospective positioning.
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Why invest in infrastructure?
See how infrastructure investing—utilities, energy, telecoms, REITs, and industrials—helps turn life’s necessities into a stabilizing force for portfolios.
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Three alternative asset classes worth watching right now
Some types of alternative investments perform better than others during certain phases of the business cycle. See which categories we favor in this environment.
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Hedging inflation and interest-rate risk with enduring assets
After lying dormant for the last decade, inflation and interest-rate risk have risen, returning to the investment conversation. See how to prepare your portfolio.
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Consider long/short equity as the business cycle matures
Long/short equity approaches have historically outperformed during later periods of the business cycle—learn which late-cycle indicators are mounting right now.
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Moving beyond the bleak 60/40 outlook: a new diversification paradigm
Is 60/40 diversification still sufficient? See how investors can prepare for a market outlook that appears less generous than recent history would suggest.
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The Fed’s balance sheet represents an underappreciated risk right now
What’s the greatest underappreciated risk plaguing markets today? See what’s most worrisome to Adam C. Rudd, CFA, Standard Life Investments.
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How to defuse one volatile market with another
Adam C. Rudd, CFA of Standard Life Investments explains his recent volatility pairing of a concentrated market versus a more diversified counterpart.
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What are hedge funds and why did they outperform in the sell-off?
Hedge funds have long managed risk for the accredited investor—but what are they? And why have they done better than their unhedged peers in falling markets?
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Long/short financial services—investing in an industry renaissance
Given its complexity, financial services can be a graveyard for generalist investors, but that complexity can create fertile ground for long/short specialists who’ve spent their careers in the sector.
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