There is an alternative

Investors have heeded the danger of having too many eggs in one basket. After stocks crashed a few years back, there was a scramble to invest in commodities, hedge funds, private equity, property and gold. These so-called «alternative assets» were meant to protect portfolios from stock market declines. Unfortunately, they’re failing to deliver. Between late February and early March, the S&P 500 fell by 5.5%. But stocks were not the only assets investors dumped. Real estate investment trusts col...