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Morningstar Expands Alternative Categories

Morningstar Expands Alternative Categories
New categories guide investors through the complexities of alternative investing.

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REX American Resources’ Q1 EPS Rose 16.7% to $0.49 Reflecting Growth of Alternative Energy Segment

REX American Resources’ Q1 EPS Rose 16.7% to $0.49 Reflecting Growth of Alternative Energy Segment
REX American Resources Corporation today announced results for its fiscal 2011 first quarter ended April 30, 2011. The Company will review the results today in a conference call and webcast at 11:00 a.m.

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Alternative Investments

www.mickelsonlife.com Alternative Investments David Mickelson from Mickelson Capital Consulting. Todays topic is alternative investments. Stocks bonds and mutual funds experience so much volatility of late investors are very interested in taking a serious look at alternatives. These asset classes are traditionally not open to the average investor, but average investors are trying to knock down the door and find out if they can get in on these types of things. These alternatives are PIPE funds, which are private investment in public equity, Life Settlement funds, green energy deals, distressed debt, and oil and gas projects. One of the reasons theyre very popular is that they have very little correlation with the traditional markets. In addition alternatives like these are attractive because the volatility that people are afraid of may very well be even worse in the traditional markets and thats what weve seen in the last year. Now investors still must be accredited investors to invest in most of these types of alternatives, thats according to federal regulations. That [being an accredited investor] is a measure of net worth and / or income. Well these alternatives are becoming more mainstream because they have very attractive upsides, and may in fact be not as volatile as people had worried about, especially nowadays compared to traditional assets which have let people down. With that, thats todays message about alternative investments. Thank you for listening; Im David …

Pawlenty bills himself as a Romney alternative

Pawlenty bills himself as a Romney alternative
DES MOINES — With the wide-open battle for the Republican presidential nomination solidifying, Tim Pawlenty moved quickly Monday to offer himself as the leading alternative to presumptive front-runner Mitt Romney and to seize the mantle of a tough, truth-talking fiscal conservative.

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CEFCU – The Honest Alternative for Your Borrowing Needs

CEFCU – The Honest Alternative for Your Borrowing Needs
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