Alternative Investments

If a sales pitch for a private investment in an oil or gas venture project sounds too good to be true, it probably is, the Securities and Exchange Commission warned today. In a seven-page Investor Alert , the agency cautioned that private placements in the energy sector can be rife with fraud, and

Investor recovery pool for failed private placements balloons by $105 million. Bruce Kelly has the details.

The billionaire businessman plans to give away three suitcases full of cash Wednesday to advertise the start of FundAnything.

Alternatives seen as crucial to portfolio constructions, but risk premium still a turn off for many

Bill Gross may be publicly mourning the end of the bond market's long run, but don't weep for Pacific Investment Management Co. LLC just yet. The firm synonymous with fixed income has positioned itself quietly to become an alternative investment powerhouse. So if Mr. Gross' dire predictions are

Along with potential for attractive yields, nontraded business development companies come with a number of risks that financial advisers need to understand fully before selling them to clients, according to regulators, analysts and industry participants.

Bitcoin, the digital currency and investment phenomenon that's up 1,000% this year, plummeted on Wednesday afternoon. Jason Kephart looks at what went wrong.

Equity markets have had a good run lately. However, this good news obscures a basic fact: equity markets have not been kind to buy-and-hold investors over the past thirteen years. While the recent bull market is welcome, it would be a mistake to assume we are now facing a period of sustained low ...

In boon to investors, largest business development company to merge or list.

Online broker Motif Investing launches features that empower users to formulate their own mix of securities.

Investors scouring the world for yield have another option to consider in a sector that's already been hot with new issues.The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. launched a new master-limited-partnership fund today to tap into the “economic renaissance” under way in U.S. domestic energy production.The