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Explore Alternative Investment Strategies

With inflation surging, interest rates rising from generational lows, and increasing stock market volatility, it’s time to rethink traditional stock and bond allocations.

Alternative investment strategies aim to provide lower volatility, lower market risk, and low or negative correlation to traditional markets. With differentiated sources and patterns of returns, income, and diversification, alternatives may provide the potential to protect traditional portfolios against adverse market conditions.

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The Bond Bear Market and Asset Allocation

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AlphaSimplex Managed Futures Strategy

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Correlations, Inflation, and Interest Rates

One of the reasons so many investors have a traditional portfolio of stocks and bonds is the potential diversification benefit. When stocks have fallen over the past 30 to 40 years, bonds have been there to pick up the slack and have provided a downside hedge. But, that relationship broke down in a big way in 2022.

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AlphaSimplex: Managed Futures, Crisis or Correction?

AlphaSimplex’s Chief Research Strategist, Kathryn M. Kaminski, Ph.D., CAIA, sits down with Virtus’ Chief Market Strategist, Joe Terranova, to discuss systematic trend following strategies, the difference between a crisis and correction, and when managed futures are designed to provide alpha.

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Q2 Event-Driven Market Review and Outlook

Green shoots have been emerging in the corporate reorganization market, with global M&A continuing to recover from a slow start earlier in the year.

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The Investment Case for REITs

Inflation, Rising Rates, Recession, Oh My! REITs as a Road to Outperformance

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Real Assets in the Current Environment

The Macro View on Markets and Real Assets: DPIM’s CIO, David Grumhaus, Jr. discuss the global macro environment and the investment case for real asset strategies.

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AlphaSimplex and Managed Futures

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Not insured by FDIC/NCUSIF or any federal government agency. No bank guarantee. Not a deposit. May lose value.

The value of securities in the portfolio may go up or down in response to the prospects of individual companies and/or general economic conditions. Price changes may be short or long term.

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There is no guarantee that a diversified portfolio will outperform a non-diversified portfolio, or that diversification among different asset classes reduces risk.

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