Alternative Investing
Alternatives, private markets, cryptocurrency, and portfolio diversifier coverage.
TIPS Are Paying 3%. Is It Time to Rethink Your Retirement Portfolio?
Had Scott dressed the part, his stash of $6 billion to buy long-term Treasuries would have overwhelmed the global market’s $6 trillion trove of long Treasuries to sell.
Gold Fell in September. Gold Miners Just Had a Great Quarter
Gold mining stocks, as measured by the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index, delivered a total return of 17.4% in the three months ended September 30.
Want to Invest in Crypto? Start With These 4 Questions
Understanding these key concepts will not only make you better informed but give you confidence to start investing in and using this technology for yourself.
Hedge Funds in a 4% Rate World: Which Strategies Benefit—and Which Don’t?
Some strategies can benefit directly from higher short-term rates, while others face higher financing costs that can materially reduce returns.
The New Crypto Trade: Find the Businesses That Actually Pay Investors
For the first time in crypto's history, Stephen says there are dozens of growing crypto businesses with real customers paying real money.
Why Great Hedge Funds Still Struggle to Raise Capital
Faced with this overwhelming volume of information, investors increasingly rely on a firm’s brand to determine which funds they will meet and ultimately consider for investment.
Digital Money Has No Borders. What Happens When AI Controls It?
That sounds obvious, but its implications are profound because we are creating global money while retaining national regulation.
Amid Headwinds, Private Credit Still Raising Plenty of Cash
Helped in large part by direct lending, private credit fundraising reached $190 billion in the first half of 2026, putting it on pace to easily top last year’s tally of $240 billion.
The U.S. Is Building a Digital Financial Fortress. Europe Should Pay Attention.
In practical terms, GENIUS creates the regulated infrastructure for putting the dollar onto the internet at scale, turning dollar stablecoins from a crypto experiment into an increasingly important mechanism for distributing digital dollars around the world.
Social Security at 70: What Women Need to Know About Taxes, Benefits and the 2026 Rules
How do you separate information that affects your plan from news that simply deserves your attention?
Oil Is Everywhere. So Why Are Gas and Diesel Prices Surging?
All of this happened in the same week the White House announced what it’s calling the “biggest oil deal in world history,” with as many as 65 billion barrels secured from Venezuela’s oilfields.
Alternative Investments Are Growing. Are We Spending More Time on Research or Judgment?
Have we modernized access to alternatives faster than we have modernized the way we evaluate them?
When a Crypto Joke Became a $100,000 Lifeline for Science
What problem are we solving? Why does this need a blockchain? Why does this need a token? Why would anyone buy it?
Oil Surged, Gold Dropped: What This Market Signal Means
As tensions escalate between the U.S. and Iran, oil prices soar, but gold takes an unexpected dive. What does this mean for the markets?
India Just Gave Silver a Major Boost That Most Investors Missed
There are six Deep Dives in this issue of the premium Silver Catalyst newsletter, and in this article, I'll focus on one of them.
A War Couldn’t Lift Gold. Can Peace Save It?
After yesterday’s sharp moves, not much is going on today, so I’d like to take this opportunity to step back and look at the whole arc of this war.
Gold Bears Are Winning for Now. Should Investors Care?
Gold has always had a way of testing investors’ expectations.
Trusting Code Used To Be Crypto’s Advantage. AI May Have Changed That Forever
For years, Decentralised Finance (DeFi) has sold itself as the future of finance: transparent, decentralised, unstoppable.
Bitcoin Is Down 29%. So Why Is Crypto Becoming a Bigger Voting Issue?
Using the iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (NASDAQ: IBIT) as the bogey, 2026 and, if we’re keeping it real, a fair portion of last year, hasn’t been kind to cryptocurrency investors.
Oil Markets Are Betting This Crisis Ends Soon
Art Berman wrote an excellent analysis describing the state of the oil market and two distinct messages being debated.
