Alternatives:

Investors Plan to Boost Alternatives Allocations – (Think Advisor)

Alternative investment growth to boom in next five years – (Reuters)

Managed Futures:

GAIM 2015: What’s next for managed futures? – (Automated Trader)

Managing the Future With These Alternative Funds – (Morningstar)

Suppressing volatility? Easy. Eliminating risk? Not so easy – (Investment News)

Managed futures/macro most sought after alts strategy – (CTA Intelligence)

Have wealth managers overlooked the best hedging strategy in town? – (Investment Week)

High Volatility Reduces Risk – (Top Traders Unplugged)

Diversification:

How Long do Investors Have to Wait Before They See the Benefits of Diversification? – (Irrelevant Investor)

Markets:

With 61 Seconds in a Minute, Markets Brace for Trouble – (Bloomberg)

What if Risk-Free Returns Slowly Go Away? – (A Wealth of Common Sense)

U.S. Corn, Soybeans Rise on Smaller-Than-Expected Stockpiles, Planting – (Wall Street Journal)

Rain Makes Grains (Die?) – (Attain Alternatives Blog)

Oil Prices Fall After Inventory Data – (Nasdaq)