Understanding Alternative Investments: Creating Diversified Portfolios that Ride the Wave of Investment Success

Walker outlines the tools necessary to evaluate alternative investments and further diversify your portfolio using hedge funds, real estate, venture capital, gold and more. Using ground-breaking data on alternative investments, the author explores how to apply new risk measurements for building a portfolio with these investment vehicles.

About the Author

Stephen Todd Walker is presently a Managing Director at Oppenheimer and Co., Inc. Mr. Walker works with many CEOs of large publicly traded companies as well as entrepreneurs from privately held growth companies. His clients include Forbes 400 members as well as some of the most affluent families around the world. He was named to The Philadelphia Business Journal 's 'Forty Under 40,' which honors the top young entrepreneurs in the Philadelphia area. On February 9, 2009, Mr. Walker was named by Barron's as one of 'The Top 1,000 Advisers' in the United States and was also named as one of the top 25 'Wealth Advisers' in The Philadelphia Business Journal 2009 Book of Lists.