June/July
2013
Features
Morningstar Conversation
Spotlight: Alternative Investing
Alternative Designs
Investors need to understand what drives
returns to know which alternative investments
create a truly diversified portfolio.
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Beware the Lure of Diversification
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The World
Is Getting Grayer
Globally, almost all
populations are getting older.
Europe’s sovereign debt
crisis provides a glimpse
of the economic troubles this
aging will cause, economist
Edward Hugh says.
Undiscovered Manager
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Waiting to Pull
Up Anchor
Small caps have reached the
top of their cycle, manager
Eric Cinnamond says.
He’s hoarding cash for when
the market turns.
To truly diversify a traditional portfolio, alternative investments need to be cheap
and behave differently than stocks and bonds.
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Using Alternatives in Practice
Advisors and clients need to understand what they’re buying and the role a strategy
has in a portfolio.
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Managed Futures and Cash Rates
Before attempting to cash in on managed-futures funds, understand how these
funds use cash.
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