Stocks of alternative investment firms, the ones that should theoretically be generating profits during a market decline, are a good investment, says a new equity research report. Alternative investment firms significantly down Publically traded alternative investment firms are down significantly on the year, falling farther than the S&P 500, a recent equity research note from RBC Capital Markets notes. Apollo Global Management LLC (NYSE:APO) is down 34 percent year to date, while big names such as Fortress Investment Group LLC (NYSE:FIG) is down over 30 percent and The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX), perhaps among the “Tiffany” category of alt brands, is…
Alternative Investment Stocks Getting Killed This Year
Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.