Gino D'Alessio

Gino D'Alessio is a Broker/Dealer with over twenty years experience in various OTC markets such as Bonds, FX and Derivatives. Currently a Financial Markets and Investments Writer & Analyst

Real Estate; Raw Land Investment

Raw Land investments offer great opportunities within the Real Estate space. They are also the most adventurous, in the sense of risky. They also offer the highest potential rewards. J.J. Astor knew that well, he become a millionaire in the 1800s through buying...

Tricky path of Benchmarking Private Equity

Benchmarking an investment is a necessary procedure to analyze the performance of a manager compared to his peers or an index if it is a fund with a buy and hold strategy. It allows you to identify a manager’s performance compared to other managers, which is...

Managed Futures; SMAs or Funds

Most Managed Futures Funds will not offer separately managed accounts (SMAs) and often those that do have extremely high minimums ranging into the millions. However there are some CTAs that do offer separately managed accounts (SMAs) with a more accessible minimum...

Which type of Real Estate are you investing in?

Why define investment styles? The concept of investment style is imported from traditional assets like Stocks and Bonds. An example of investment style for Stocks may be Mid-Cap domestic growth. It is basically a way of distinguishing and defining which sector within...