
I will be hosting the Carnival of Investing on September 11, 2006. I hope it will be a themed Carnival. I would like the theme to be "Alternative Investments for the Individual Investor." I need your help.
Please tell me about any alternative investments you may have. These include things like real estate including office buildings, apartments, etc., commodities, hedge funds or anything that isn't just a stock or bond. Tell me if you like it, what kind of return you are earning, how you found it and what percent of your portfolio it represents.
I will be writing some on Alternative Investments to add to the Carnival and would like to include your experience and ideas.
Well, what are you waiting for? Leave a comment!







Long-short mutual funds offer retail investors excellent opportunities to diversify into alternatives.
Following is a link listing the funds in Morningstar's 'long short' category:
http://news.morningstar.com/fundReturns/FundReturns.html?category=$FOCA$LO
My firm manages the TFS Market Neutral Fund which is included in this list. It is a no-load product. Details on its performance are described at:
http://www.tfscapital.com/mutual_funds/market_neutral.asp
Rich Gates
Posted by: Richard Gates | September 5, 2006 2:20 PM | Permalink to Comment