11.10.2011 - Retail investors embrace alternative funds to battle volatility |
When it comes to managing their finances amid the stock market’s wild swings, instead of stashing cash under their mattresses investors are starting to think more like hedge fund managers. A slew of “alternative” mutual funds has cropped up, enabling individual investors to dabble in short, ultra-short, long-short, market-neutral and other strategies once reserved largely for hedge funds and other institutional investors..............................................Full Article: Source |