Going against the grain

With investors today faced with lower projected returns from conventional asset classes and a heightened sensitivity to risk, they are far less willing to tolerate negative or volatile performance from standard relative return funds. Instead, many are now seeking absolute return strategies that aim to deliver attractive risk-adjusted returns and provide diversification away from stock and bond market volatility. One way to pursue this goal is by increasing a portfolio's exposure to assets whose returns are less correlated to the broader market. In search of such investment vehicles, which ...