Question of the Week – Alternative Investments

Event-driven strategies attempt to exploit from short-term
events. Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and distressed debt are two other major categories.

Here are the other categories:

• Speculating market
  volatility by purchasing and selling options in the manufacturing sector –
  Relative value
• Predicting future
  economic growth from one sector to another – Macro
• Finding individual
  undervalued stocks – Equity hedge
• Selecting individual
  securities while remaining market-neutral – Equity hedge